Where You Been - Carrie Newcomer

He was driving into Chicago in a borrowed El Camino
On a hazeless day in springtime
I think it was the Cinco De Mayo
Maybe it was St Paddy's or the Gay Pride parade
But I've never seen nobody light up the street that way
Brother where you been
Hold on if you can
Just do your best then say "Amen"
Called in sick for the weekend
Drinking St Paulies in Wisconsin
I was fishing with my buddies was a Sunday afternoon
There beneath the halo of an Old Milwaukee sign
He said "There's big ones in the shallows
And I see them all the time"
Brother where you been
Hold on if you can
Just do your best then say "Amen"
I stopped in the Seven-Eleven
I was buying an Aquafina
He was wearing knock-off sneakers
I was nursing a hangover
He said "You're worth a whole alot more baby than
You've ever dared to dream of"
Like he knew the secret sketchy places
I'd been looking for love
Sister where you been
Hold on if you can
Just do your best then say "Amen"
A tall skinny guy in dread locks said that
They're giving out free bagels and lox
I took the kids and all my plastic bags
And walked the seven blocks
There were joggers and commuters
Skate board kids and Goths
There were drunks and dogs
And meter maids in that downtown vacant lot
He said "The universe is unfolding
The center still is holding
There's enough if we just share it
Now y'all don't forget to pass the basket"
Blessed are the good hearted
The poets and the dreamers
And all us crazy holy hungry ones who
Still believe in something better
Brother where you been
Hold on if you can
Just do your best then say "Amen"
I saw Jesus talking shop with Buddha at Starbucks
I saw Gaea and Ganesh doing double Dutch in the park
Mohammad was throwing popcorn
To the pigeons and the sparrows
And all us crazy holy hungry
Ones still believe in something better
Brother where you been
Hold on if you can
Just do your best then say "Amen"
Sister where you been
Hold on if you can
Just do your best then say "Amen"
Say "Amen"
Say "Amen"
Where You Been - Carrie Newcomer