a corner store hymn (early version)

I met God at 7/11

Holding ice chips to his wrist

Telling jokes 'bout Armageddon

Gave him a ride to, Kim Marie's

Watched him get kicked out for swayin'

So he swayed down to the beach

This year's been playing tricks on me

I feel like sometimes my brain's

Put where my heart should be

We both sat quiet for a while

Watched the blackness pass to sea

Before he lifted up his open hand

To point it right at me

And he said "Mark, my words"

"Lyin' awake and thinkin'"

"How you're gonna break it is the curse"

[refrain}

"Let the devil in

For an afternoon

You'll be surprised

You're gonna find

He's looking for his answers too"

I met God she was rockin' her baby

On the 8:15 train goin'

North to New York City

We didn't say a word

She just smiled at me kindly

When I was leaving for the door she was singing this behind me

She said "Mark, my words"

Lyin' awake and thinkin'

How you're gonna break it is the curse

"Let the devil in

For an afternoon

You'll be surprised

You're gonna find

He's looking for his answers too"

Mark, my words

Lyin' awake and thinkin'

How you're gonna break it is the curse

Let the devil in

For an afternoon

You'll be surprised

You're gonna find

He's looking for his answers too

He's lookin' for his answers too

He's lookin' for his answers too