Carrie Newcomer - Where You Been

He was driving in to Chicago in a borrowed El Camino
On a hazeless day in springtime I think 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 Sister where you been Hold on if you can
Just do your best then
say, Amen
Called in sick and spent the weekend, drinking St Paulies in
Wisconsin
I'd been fishing with my buddies most of Sunday afternoon
And there beneath the halo of the Old Milwaukee sign
He said, There's big ones in the shallows I see them all the time
Brother Sister where you been Hold on if you can
Just do your best then
say, Amen
I stopped into 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 lot more baby than you've ever dared to
dream of
Like he knew all the secret sketchy places I'd been looking for love
Brother Sister where you been Hold on if you can
Just do your best then
say, Amen
A tall skinny guy with dread locks said they're giving' out free
bagels and lox
So 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 and the center still is holding
There's enough if we just share it, now ya'all don't forget to pass
the basket
Blessed are all the good hearted, the poets and the dreamers
And all us crazy holy hungry ones who believe in something
better
Brother Sister where you been Hold on if you can
Just do your best then
say, Amen
I saw Jesus on talking shop, with Buddha at the Starbucks
I saw Gia and Ganesh, doing double Dutch in the park
And Mohammad was throwing popcorn to the pigeons and the
sparrows
And all us crazy holy hungry ones still believe in something better
Brother Sister where you been Hold on if you can
Just do your best then
say, Amen