Song Description

QUESTIONING EXISTENCE OF "GOD"

Lyrics

WHERE WERE YOU
©2000 Joan Alexander

I?ve been doing a lot of praying, to the one they said you?d be.
I?ve been quietly contemplating what you really mean to me.
I?ve been in all your houses, from California to Quito.
I have often wondered, what can you say that I don?t know?

And where were you, and why should I believe?
If it?s true, all that they told me,
Then where were you?
Why wouldn?t you
Always be true?
Always come through for me?


A little girl dressed in pigtails, I got down on my knees,
Thinking with all that power, you could get me what I need.

And where were you, and why should I believe?
If it?s true, all that they told me,
Then where were you?
Why wouldn?t you
Always be true,
Always come through for me?

I?ve seen so many people crying, over the saddest things they?ve seen,
Like people they?ve loved dying, and true love that might have been.

And where were you, and why should I believe?
If it?s true, all that they told me,
Then where were you?
Why wouldn?t you
Always be true,
Always come through for me?


Maybe I shouldn?t say these words, in case you?re really here.
I?m feeling something when I do, and I think it might be fear.
Is that the way I?m supposed to feel, afraid of what you?ll do,
Afraid of what will happen to me if I don?t make my way to you?

Now, I?ve got children asking questions, and I want them to know how
To trust in someone?s answers, and have faith in them somehow.

But where are you, and why should they believe?
If it?s true, all that he told me,
Then where were you?
And why wouldn?t you
Always be true,
Always come through for me?