Story Behind The Song

The attacks on 9/11/2001

Song Description

A song about some of the specific events, and long term pain involved with the terrorist attacks on September 11th 2001

Lyrics

Do you remember where you were
When first you heard of Pearl Harbour
Though more of us recall the day we shed our tears for JFK
Reagan shot in '81 from bullets sprayed by Hinkley's gun
But 20 years from then would be a day to live in infamy

The towers, smoke and the rising flames
The loss of life on the hijacked planes
Destruction that you couldn't even dream
The markets halted airports closed
And who's attacked us no one knows
So then we stopped and bowed our heads to pray

A woman dialed 911
From a Brooklyn home with her three young sons
My husband called and I heard him shout
The building's burning no way out
Another call from a plane going down
That we believe was White House bound
A wife had called to say goodbye today the heroes had to die

But America could not be beat
We dusted off and rose to our feet
And waved our flags as high as they would go
We gave to those who lost so much
And stretched our hands out far to touch
The lives of those who would never be the same

But we'll regroup and we'll rebuild
And visit all the graves we filled
And try to make our children understand
We can't forget what we've been through
But always know red white and blue
Will fly to keep our freedom yours and mine

I hope we'll never live to see
Another day of misery
And to the heroes for your pain
We all know you didn't die in vain