You Were There - The Call, Robert Levon Been

Saw a man’s home, a box made of cardboard

Frozen to the bone, can’t take much more

Says Lord I need help here, send me a strong hand

To lift me from the street, help me to stand

I’ve been forgotten, been forsaken

Poisoned by a bottle I could not shake it

I’ve been passed over, been rejected

And I’m afraid I’ll never feel

The warmth of summer come again

Man I am helpless, I’m freezing

You were there

You were there

I saw a sick man on a sick bed

Scorned by the world like he had two heads

He says I’m a man here dying a cruel death

I’m cut off from the world, man it was so sad

He was suffering, he was ailing

Tortured by his fate, his body was failing

He says I’m an outcast, left defenceless

And I?

m afraid that I’ll be dead

Before the summer comes again

I’ve been rejected, man I am dying

You were there

You were there

Saw a rich man alone in a dark house

A prison made of gold he could not break out

Says my life is aimless, it just seems pointless

Boredom truly kills, man I am hopeless

I got diamonds, I got houses

I got silver clouds and silver spoons to match it

I’ve come up empty, man I am desperate

And I never want to feel

The warmth of summer come again

I’ll be forgotten, my life is over

You were there

You were there

You were there

Lord, you were there