You Are Here

By Sam Bisbee

On High

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I am here

You are here

We are here

They are here

Everyone is everywhere

No one is nowhere

We're all somewhere

There is no out there

You are here

You are here

Somewhere a man sits alone in his car

Propped up on concrete blocks in the back of his yard

It doesn't drive but it's got a fresh battery

And the radio works, it's on one-oh-two-three (102.3)

The female DJ is introducing a track

She's saying this one goes out to the long commute back

And then the song starts, she turns off the microphone

And she says to herself, is anybody listening?

And

I am here

You are here

We are here

They are here

Everyone is everywhere

No one is nowhere

We're all somewhere

There is no out there

You are here

Across the street there's a little girl

Face pressed against the window staring out at the world

She sees an airplane way up in the air

She thinks that's so small, could get caught in my hair

Just then the stewardess on the plane

Says everybody feel free to lower your trays

And the captain starts to move about the cabin

Alright

I am here

You are here

We are here

They are here

Everyone is everywhere

No one is nowhere

We're all somewhere

There is no out there

You are here

I like to count the people across the street

In their environment, just watching MTV

Some tired excuse, oh it's sad to say we're all

Staring at the same thing, ten feet away

Break it down

You are here

You are here

I am here

You are here

We are here

They are here

Everyone is everywhere

No one is nowhere

We're all somewhere

There is no out there

You are here