so are we

You know that famous painting of some nighthawks in a New York City diner

Where it looks like 3 AM and you can almost hear the silence of the empty streets

And there’s one man and some couple drinking coffee and some guy behind the counter

And that guy is saying something and I think I got it figured what it is

I think he’s saying “I am lonely, I am lonely”

And the threesome always answers back to him “so are we”

I think he’s saying “I am lonely, I am lonely”

And the dark deserted canyons of the city echo “so are we”

You know that famous photo of that sailor and that nurse kissing in Times Square

It’s the day the war is over and the people are electrified with joy

And that sailor has that nurse leaned over in his arms and kissing her with pure love

Even though they’ve never met before and even though they’ll never meet again

I think they’re saying “I am lonely, I am lonely”

And the celebrating people answer back to them “so are we”

I think they’re saying “I am lonely, I am lonely”

And the teeming canyons of the city echo “so are we”

You know that song that some guy wrote about amazing grace and how he found it

He was a captain of a slave ship and was dealing in the wretchedness of man

But somewhere in mid-ocean all the lies he told himself all started drowning

And he heard God speaking to him and he got down on his knees

And started telling God “I am lonely, I am lonely”

And from deep below the deck he heard the voices say “so are we”

He was telling God “I am lonely, I am lonely”

And with pure amazing grace God answered “so are we”