Where You Been-Carrie Newcomer

[ti:Where You Been] [ar:Carrie Newcomer] [al:The Geography Of Light] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.47]He was driving into Chicago in a borrowed El Camino [00:06.92] [00:07.97]On a hazeless day in springtime [00:10.49]I think it was the Cinco De Mayo [00:14.46] [00:16.21]Maybe it was St Paddy's or the Gay Pride parade [00:21.26]But I've never seen nobody light up the street that way [00:28.31]Brother where you been [00:31.71]Hold on if you can [00:35.22]Just do your best then say "Amen" [00:40.53] [00:43.26]Called in sick for the weekend [00:46.01]Drinking St Paulies in Wisconsin [00:49.06] [00:49.94]I was fishing with my buddies was a Sunday afternoon [00:55.40] [00:58.19]There beneath the halo of an Old Milwaukee sign [01:03.39]He said "There's big ones in the shallows [01:07.39]And I see them all the time" [01:10.43]Brother where you been [01:13.74]Hold on if you can [01:17.28]Just do your best then say "Amen" [01:22.23] [01:24.81]I stopped in the Seven-Eleven [01:27.99] [01:28.55]I was buying an Aquafina [01:31.88]He was wearing knock-off sneakers [01:34.60] [01:35.41]I was nursing a hangover [01:38.19] [01:38.75]He said "You're worth a whole alot more baby than [01:42.38]You've ever dared to dream of" [01:45.31]Like he knew the secret sketchy places [01:49.50] [01:50.16]I'd been looking for love [01:52.36]Sister where you been [01:55.86]Hold on if you can [01:59.11]Just do your best then say "Amen" [02:04.44] [02:07.00]A tall skinny guy in dread locks said that [02:10.10]They're giving out free bagels and lox [02:14.60]I took the kids and all my plastic bags [02:18.06]And walked the seven blocks [02:20.20] [02:21.10]There were joggers and commuters [02:24.05] [02:24.74]Skate board kids and Goths [02:27.64]There were drunks and dogs [02:29.77]And meter maids in that downtown vacant lot [02:33.98] [02:41.56]He said "The universe is unfolding [02:45.00] [02:46.34]The center still is holding [02:48.33] [02:49.05]There's enough if we just share it [02:51.32]Now y'all don't forget to pass the basket" [02:55.90] [02:57.36]Blessed are the good hearted [02:58.94] [02:59.89]The poets and the dreamers [03:02.49]And all us crazy holy hungry ones who [03:06.52]Still believe in something better [03:09.61]Brother where you been [03:12.93]Hold on if you can [03:16.40]Just do your best then say "Amen" [03:21.60] [03:23.82]I saw Jesus talking shop with Buddha at Starbucks [03:30.70]I saw Gaea and Ganesh doing double Dutch in the park [03:37.26] [03:39.19]Mohammad was throwing popcorn [03:41.51]To the pigeons and the sparrows [03:44.49]And all us crazy holy hungry [03:47.49]Ones still believe in something better [03:51.56]Brother where you been [03:54.94]Hold on if you can [03:58.27]Just do your best then say "Amen" [04:03.98] [04:05.53]Sister where you been [04:08.99]Hold on if you can [04:12.43]Just do your best then say "Amen" [04:17.61] [04:19.51]Say "Amen" [04:20.90] [04:22.89]Say "Amen" [04:24.20] [04:25.47]Where You Been - Carrie Newcomer