Blankets and Bedding

11:53 AM (Tuesday)

September 11th, 2001

Any available community buildings

Will be converted into shelters

With thousand of passengers arriving at any minute

The town is asking for help with

Well, anything you can do

Crystal, I saw on the news

That they're looking for blankets and bedding

And maybe some food

(Do you what they need and how much?)

(I need something to do)

'Cause I can't watch the news anymore

Can I help? Is there something

I need to do something

To keep me from thinkin' of all of the scenes on the tube

(I need something to do)

('Cause I can't watch the news)

No, I can't watch the news anymore

In the winter, from the water, through the wind

If a stranger ends up at your door

You get on a horn

Hello, this is Beulah Davis, down at the academy

I heard we might be getting some guests

And I thought I'd see if I could help

Who's ever in charge of getting a school organized

How many passangers can we take?

Oh, well, we fit about four hundred students

Yes, we could probably do six hundred

Yeah, or, sure, seven hundred if we really pack 'em in

When are they coming?

Could be any time now?

Well, I'm glad I phoned

I get a call from Beulah

Lookin' for anything seven hundred people

From around the world might need

So I go down to Shoppers, and the manager says

To just take what I want off the shelves

Toothbrushes, floss, mouthwash, deodorant

And I'm back at the school when Beulah says

You know, those planes probably got some babies on 'em

So, I'm back to Shoppers for diapers

And we're unpackin' 'em when Annette says

You know, those babies are probably gonna be hungry

So, I'm back to Shoppers for formula and baby food

And when I get back, Beulah says

You know, those planes are probably

Filled with women of childbearin' age

(So)

So I'm back to shoppers to pick as many pads

And tampons as they have

The Baptist church needs a hand movin' their pews

Doctor O'Brien down at the pharmacy

Is ready to fill any prescriptions

Oh, and the Lions Club

Is looking for some toilet paper

If you have any extra

Medicine (Toothpaste) Underwear (Aspirin)

Jackets our kids grew out of last summer

And down at the station, we taking donations

Out by the door

Holy Jesus, there's more!

It's better than bein' at home alone

Wonderin' what's really happenin'

Everyone's phonin'

We're setting up rooms in the school

Been cryin' all afternoon

Wonderin' what could be done

(What do we need?)

I made a tray of sandwiches

We need fifty more

Sandwiches? (Trays)

(What do we need?)

Two hundred gym mats, is that enough?

(You tell me and we'll both know)

(What do we need?)

For the love of God

Stop bringin' toilet paper to the Lions Club

How do you know what you need

When you don't know how many

You're needing to feed?

When you don't know how many are stayin'

How long they are stayin'?

We better start prayin' the weather stays nice

In the winter, from the water

In the winter, from the water

In the winter, from the water

Through the winter, from the water

If the stranger ends up sent by fate

Are we gonna be ready?

(Well, we have to be, don't we?)