I still haven't found what I'm looking for and I'm still here!

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Sam Harris behind the scenes of a rehearsal before his concert in New York City. Hear a medley of U2 and Stephen Sondheim as only Sam could manage to pull off. Not to mention that he rewrote Sondheim! [Gasp!]

"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
U2 (music), Bono (lyrics)

I HAVE CLIMBED HIGHEST MOUNTAINS
I HAVE RUN THROUGH THE FIELDS
ONLY TO BE WITH YOU

I HAVE RUN - I HAVE CRAWLED
I HAVE SCALED THESE CITY WALLS
THESE CITY WALLS
ONLY TO BE WITH YOU

BUT I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND
WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR

I HAVE KISSED HONEY LIPS
FELT THE HEALING FINGERTIPS
IT BURNED LIKE A FIRE
THIS BURNING DESIRE

I HAVE SPOKE WITH THE TONGUE OF ANGELS
I HAVE HELD THE HAND OF A DEVIL
IT WAS WARM IN THE NIGHT
I WAS COLD AS A STONE

BUT I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND
WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR

"I'm Still Here"
Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics)
[From the Broadway Musical;, "Follies"]
All new and altered lyrics by Sam Harris

GOOD TIMES AND BUM TIMES
IVE SEEN `EM ALL AND MY DEAR,
I'M STILL HERE
JEAN GEORGE'S SOMETIMES,
SOMETIMES A BAGEL AND SCHMERE
BUT I'M HERE

I BEEN IN HITS AND I BEEN PANNED
SLEPT AT THE RITZ AND IN A VAN
I HAD A SIDEKICK IN ED MCMAHON, FOR A YEAR
I'M SAM AND I'M AN ALCOHOLIC AND I'M HERE

I'VE PLAYED ON BROADWAY,
THE WHITE HOUSE
AND CARNEGIE HALL
- AND I'M HERE
GOLD RECORDS ONE DAY,
THE NEXT, BARGAIN BINS AT THE MALL
BUT I'M HERE

FIRST YOU'RE JUST BANGING ON THE DOOR
THEN YOU'RE AN ARTIST THEN A WHORE
THEN YOU'RE POLITICAL,
BLAZING SOME NEW FRONTIER
I HAD A BABY LAST YEAR AND I'M QUEER

I MADE IT THROUGH "HEY THERE,
I WATCHED YOU ON THE BOOB TUBE,
BACK WHEN THE MULLET WAS KING"
OR THE KID THAT SAID,
"HEY THERE, I SAW YOU ON YOUTUBE
I DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD SING."

BUT YOU BROKE THE BONDS
AND YOU LOOSENED THE CHAINS
YOU STAYED WITH ME IN
GOOD TIMES AND SHAME
GOOD TIMES AND SHAME
YOU WERE ALWAYS BY MY SIDE

AND WE STILL HAVEN'T FOUND
WHAT WERE LOOKING FOR
OH OH OH
I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
I'M STILL HERE AND I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND
WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.

I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR is a song by rock band U2. The second track from their 1987 album The Joshua Tree, it was released as the album's second single in May 1987. The song is influenced by gospel music and its lyrics describe spiritual yearning.

The song became the band's second number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100, after the album's first single, "With or Without You". "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" peaked at number-six on the UK Singles Chart the Dutch Top 40. It was named the 93rd greatest song by Rolling Stone on their list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" originated from a demo variously titled "The Weather Girls" and "Under the Weather" that the band recorded in a jam session. Bassist Adam Clayton called the demo's melody "a bit of a one-note groove", while an unconvinced The Edge, the band's guitarist, compared it to "'Eye of the Tiger' played by a reggae band". However, the band liked the drum part played by drummer Larry Mullen, Jr. Co-producer Daniel Lanois said, "It was a very original beat from Larry. We always look for those beats that would qualify as a signature for the song. And that certainly was one of those. It had this tom-tom thing that he does and nobody ever understands. And we just didn't want to let go of that beat, it was so unique." Lanois encouraged Mullen to continue developing the "weird drum pattern" beyond the demo.

I'M STILL HERE is more than just a show-stopping number in Stephen Sondheim's Follies. It is a cultural roadmap of the American fads, media darlings, politics, and excess of the last century.

Carlotta Campion has been through it all, and she has been brought to life by such great ladies of the stage as Yvonne De Carlo, Nancy Walker, Carol Burnett, Shirley MacLaine, and Ann Miller. Told by a character who has "seen it all", and sung by an Actress whose actual life adds reality and resonance, if it has been cast well, this song strikes a chord with every audience member.

Those who have "been there" a bit themselves can identify, full of the knowledge that they, too, are "still here". Those who are too young to have gone through the mill themselves can still admire the guts and determination of someone who has, and has lived to tell about it - to sing about it - with electrifying passion. Unfortunately, as time marches on, there are less and less people who understand the references in the lyrics - it has become a bit of a trivia game to get them all.

Yet understanding them gives the listener added depth and context that make it worth the hunt. So, to help out, I've assembled a breakdown of the sometimes obscure references in I'm Still Here.

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