a corner store hymn (early version)

[Verse 1]
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

[pre-Chorus]
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"

[Verse 2]
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

[refrain]
She said "Mark, my words"
Lyin' awake and thinkin'
How you're gonna break it is the curse

[Chorus]
"Let the devil in
For an afternoon
You'll be surprised
You're gonna find
He's looking for his answers too"

[refrain]
Mark, my words
Lyin' awake and thinkin'
How you're gonna break it is the curse

[Chorus]
Let the devil in
For an afternoon
You'll be surprised
You're gonna find
He's looking for his answers too

[post-Chorus]
He's lookin' for his answers too
He's lookin' for his answers too