I said "God I do not understand this world" Everything is dying and broken Why do I see nothing but suffering God I'm asking could this be your plan? Sin has taken hold of this whole land Will You not say anything else to me? He said "where were you the day that I measured" Sunk the banks and stretched the line over All the earth and carved out its corner stone? Where were you the day that I spoke and Told the sun to split the night open Calmed the morning dawn with its light to show Who shut in the ocean with stone doors Marked the reach of tides on those new shores Hung the day the waves rose and first broke forth Have you seen the springs of that great sea Walked the caverns carved in the black deep Through the gates of darkness there on its floor Have you seen the armoury I hold Snow and haild are stacked up in silos For the times of trouble and war and strife Can you raise your voice to the storm cloud Would the thunder answer and ring out Does the lightning ask you where it should strike Who has cleft the channels for torrents Rain to sprout the desert with forest In the wilderness that my hand has built Can you hunt the prey for your lions Can you use the chords of Orion Is this whole world bening beneath your will? I spoke of things I did not understand Things too wonderful for me Although I had no right to ask My God knelt and answered me

I tried to call you Come by to see you too But I could never get you on the phone When I come by you were never at home Where were you when I needed you most? Didn't know what to do When I needed you most Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah Oh, baby, you say you love me It seems to me I've heard those words before Now there's an old sayin' that Action speaks louder than words Where were you when I needed you most? Didn't know what to do When I needed you most Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah Baby, oh, oh Don't you want me, oh, oh Then show me you love me

Yeah, yeah Where were you when I wanted you To love me through the night Where were you when I wanted you To love and hold me tight Where were you, little darlin' when you said To pick you up after school I know where, little lady 'Cause my mama didn't raise no fool, yeah Where were you Where were you Where were you Where were you Oh, I know where, baby You been runnin' 'round loose on the side Yes, I know where, little lady You been runnin' 'round with somethin' to hide But I don't mind, darlin' If you're feelin' fancy and free, yeah I don't mind, little baby 'Cause your sister's lookin' real good to me, hey Where were you Where were you Where were you Where were you I wanna know what the hell's goin' on Someday you're gonna break So don't try to get yourself straight You're just a little too late Where were you (Oh) Where were you (Oh) Where were you (Oh) Where were you (Oh) Where were you Where were you Where were you Where were you

Congratulations for breaking my heart Congratulations for tearing it all apart Congratulations, you finally did succeed Congratulations for leaving me in need This morning I looked out my window and found A bluebird singing but there was no one around At night I lay alone in my bed With an image of you goin' around in my head Congratulations for bringing me down Congratulations, now I'm sorrow bound Congratulations, you got a good deal Congratulations, how good you must feel I guess I must have loved you more than I ever knew My world is empty now 'cause it don't have you And if I had just one more chance to win your heart again I would do things differently, but what's the use to pretend? Congratulations for making me wait Congratulations, now it's too late Congratulations, you came out on top Congratulations, you never did know when to stop Congratulations Congratulations Congratulations Congratulations

As I was slowly passing An orphan's home today I stopped for just a little while To watch the children play Alone a boy was standing And when I asked him why He turned with eyes that could not see And he began to cry I'm nobody's child I'm nobody's child Just like a flower I'm growing wild No momma's arms to hold me No daddy's smiles Nobody wants me I'm nobody's child In every town and village There are places just like this With rows and rows of children Babies in their cribs They've long since stopped their crying As no one ever hears And no one's there to notice them Or take away the fears Nobody's child Nobody's child Just like a flower They're growing wild Got no mommy's kisses And no daddy's smiles Nobody wants them They're nobody's child Nobody's child They're nobody's child Just like a flower They're growing wild No mommy's kisses And no daddy's smiles Nobody wants them They're nobody's child Nobody wants them They're nobody's child

It was late in the month of November She was loading up the wagon in the rain Said she'd be back in the morning But she never came through here again I'd see her in the market She never had much to spend These days the market's an old pile of mud And she never came through here again Maxine, Maxine, Maxine Time plays tricks on your memory It seems a long weekend She said she'd be back here by Monday But she never came through here again Some say a saucer landed And someone took her in They found her blue seraph here on the ground And she never cam through here again Maxine, Maxine, Maxine, Maxine Maxine, Maxine, Maxine, Maxine I bought a tabloid paper She was rumored to be in Was a photo of a woman on a llama But she never came through here again And if you should see her She may be old by then Tell her that I miss her and ask her when She's ever coming through here again