[00:43.138]Where were you when the sky cracked open
[00:45.594]Waiting for shelter and barely coping?
[00:48.725]Thinking you could ride the storm out
[00:50.294]Hoping you would be all right
[00:53.666]Where were you when they gave a warning?
[00:56.021]Hundred fifty mile winds by morning
[00:59.356]Category four, making landfall
[01:01.707]In the wild gray light
[01:04.386]Where were you, where were you?
[01:25.553]Where were you in the social order
[01:28.029]Lower nine or a hotel in the Quarter
[01:31.067]Which side of the Quarter between rich and poor?
[01:36.182]Where were you gonna evacuate to?
[01:38.652]Assuming there was any way to
[01:41.890]Where if you didn't own a car
[01:46.778]Where were you, where were you?
[02:08.484]Where were you when you understood?
[02:11.038]However decent, however good
[02:13.764]However hard some people try
[02:16.714]They only barely make it by
[02:20.487]They're born to live their entire lives
[02:23.785]In harm's way
[02:31.376]So now where are we gonna go?
[02:45.529]Where were you when you heard the stranded
[02:47.972]The injured and the empty handed?
[02:50.716]Running out of food and water
[02:52.647]At the Superdome
[02:55.660]With the newborn and the elderly
[02:58.117]Exposed to even more misery
[03:00.813]While those in charge of rescue
[03:02.834]Waited for the Guard to come
[03:06.600]Those who left the Convention Center
[03:08.869]Were stopped on the bridge when they tried to enter
[03:11.823]The safety of the Westbank and higher ground
[03:16.896]And when the Guard finally did arrive
[03:19.552]And got to work on about day five
[03:22.649]Mainly they were used to keep the looting down
[03:27.841]Where were you, where were you?
[03:49.533]Where were you when you realized
[03:52.094]However strong, however wise
[03:54.657]However true our leaders appear to be?
[03:58.093]They talk about prosperity
[04:00.966]However hard this country strives
[04:04.860]Where property is valued more than lives
[04:11.621]How strong will we ever really be?
[04:22.075]How long do we imagine we'll be free?
[05:41.160]We hold the truth, self evident
[05:43.457]The photograph of the President
[05:46.026]An Air Force One, he viewed the devastation
[05:51.471]Shaved face and rested eyes
[05:54.146]Looking down, he circles twice
[05:57.110]On his way home from his vacation
[06:02.218]Where were you when you got the picture?
[06:12.905]Where were you?
[06:23.621]Where were you
[06:27.116]When the streets filled up with black water?
[06:35.214]Where were you
[06:35.493]When defeat and destruction reigned in the Crescent?
[06:40.419]Where were you
[06:41.304]When it blew from every direction?
[06:45.871]Where were you when the promise was made
[06:50.322]To return and rebuild, to restore to its people
[06:56.295]The city that gave us the first American music
[07:01.563]True inspiration and the freedom to use it
[07:06.904]Where will we find it again if we lose it
[07:12.334]And where will we be if we ever cease to love?
[07:20.489]If we ever cease to love