Where You Been-Carrie Newcomer

[ti:Where You Been] [ar:Carrie Newcomer] [al:The Geography Of Light] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.73]He was driving into Chicago in a borrowed El Camino [00:07.18] [00:08.23]On a hazeless day in springtime [00:10.75]I think it was the Cinco De Mayo [00:14.72] [00:16.47]Maybe it was St Paddy's or the Gay Pride parade [00:21.52]But I've never seen nobody light up the street that way [00:28.57]Brother where you been [00:31.97]Hold on if you can [00:35.48]Just do your best then say "Amen" [00:40.79] [00:43.52]Called in sick for the weekend [00:46.27]Drinking St Paulies in Wisconsin [00:49.31] [00:50.19]I was fishing with my buddies was a Sunday afternoon [00:55.66] [00:58.45]There beneath the halo of an Old Milwaukee sign [01:03.65]He said "There's big ones in the shallows [01:07.65]And I see them all the time" [01:10.69]Brother where you been [01:14.00]Hold on if you can [01:17.54]Just do your best then say "Amen" [01:22.49] [01:25.07]I stopped in the Seven-Eleven [01:28.25] [01:28.81]I was buying an Aquafina [01:32.14]He was wearing knock-off sneakers [01:34.86] [01:35.67]I was nursing a hangover [01:38.45] [01:39.01]He said "You're worth a whole alot more baby than [01:42.64]You've ever dared to dream of" [01:45.57]Like he knew the secret sketchy places [01:49.76] [01:50.42]I'd been looking for love [01:52.62]Sister where you been [01:56.12]Hold on if you can [01:59.37]Just do your best then say "Amen" [02:04.70] [02:07.26]A tall skinny guy in dread locks said that [02:10.36]They're giving out free bagels and lox [02:14.86]I took the kids and all my plastic bags [02:18.32]And walked the seven blocks [02:20.46] [02:21.36]There were joggers and commuters [02:24.31] [02:25.00]Skate board kids and Goths [02:27.90]There were drunks and dogs [02:30.02]And meter maids in that downtown vacant lot [02:34.23] [02:41.82]He said "The universe is unfolding [02:45.25] [02:46.59]The center still is holding [02:48.59] [02:49.31]There's enough if we just share it [02:51.58]Now y'all don't forget to pass the basket" [02:56.16] [02:57.62]Blessed are the good hearted [02:59.20] [03:00.15]The poets and the dreamers [03:02.75]And all us crazy holy hungry ones who [03:06.78]Still believe in something better [03:09.87]Brother where you been [03:13.18]Hold on if you can [03:16.65]Just do your best then say "Amen" [03:21.86] [03:24.08]I saw Jesus talking shop with Buddha at Starbucks [03:30.96]I saw Gaea and Ganesh doing double Dutch in the park [03:37.52] [03:39.45]Mohammad was throwing popcorn [03:41.77]To the pigeons and the sparrows [03:44.75]And all us crazy holy hungry [03:47.75]Ones still believe in something better [03:51.82]Brother where you been [03:55.20]Hold on if you can [03:58.53]Just do your best then say "Amen" [04:04.24] [04:05.79]Sister where you been [04:09.25]Hold on if you can [04:12.69]Just do your best then say "Amen" [04:17.87] [04:19.77]Say "Amen" [04:21.16] [04:23.15]Say "Amen" [04:24.46] [04:25.73]Where You Been - Carrie Newcomer