John K. Samson Millennium For All
This is where we come up with a larger plan
This is where we study for the nurse exam
This is where we spend a part of every day
Thinking in a language that they tried to take away
This is where the sad lamp on the second floor
Leads us to a winter afternoon
Here is a branch where we sing out the call
Millennium for all
This is where we test out our replacement knees
This is where we're knitting mitts for refugees
This is where we medicate in bathroom stalls
This is where we call home from a payphone down the hall
This is where we work the circulation desk
Or counting out a haiku in our head
Here is the branch where we sing out the call
Millennium for all
This is where we worry over breaking news
This is where we read a hundred Nancy Drew's
This is where we're difficult and can't sit still
This is where we come in from the fields like with the wind chill
This is where we find the hour of sleep we lost
Wake up knowing what we need to say
Here is the branch where we sing out the call
Millennium for all
Here is the branch where we sing out the call
Millennium for all
Millennium for all