Monday, September 12, 2005
This song encapsulates...
...the reaction to 9.11 for me better than anything else, especially the verses in which different reactions to the attack are described. I felt an aweful lot of them for a long time after the attack.
I may lose something because it's not being performed by the Alan Jackson (who also wrote the song within two weeks of the attack and performed it for the first time at the CMA awards a few days after he wrote it), but I think I'll just post these lyrics and let them speak for themselves, even though it is past the end of the anniversary:
And, as an aside, I thought I'd mention that every time I here this song by Toby Keith, another good response from Country Music to the war, I think of Saddam's son's getting their just deserts from our soldiers.
I may lose something because it's not being performed by the Alan Jackson (who also wrote the song within two weeks of the attack and performed it for the first time at the CMA awards a few days after he wrote it), but I think I'll just post these lyrics and let them speak for themselves, even though it is past the end of the anniversary:
Where were you when the world stopped turning that September day
Out in the yard with your wife and children
Working on some stage in LA
Did you stand there in shock at the sight of
That black smoke rising against that blue sky
Did you shout out in anger
In fear for your neighbor
Or did you just sit down and cry
Did you weep for the children
Who lost their dear loved ones
And pray for the ones who don't know
Did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble
And sob for the ones left below
Did you burst out in pride
For the red white and blue
The heroes who died just doing what they do
Did you look up to heaven for some kind of answer
And look at yourself to what really matters
I'm just a singer of simple songs
I'm not a real political man
I watch CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you
The difference in Iraq and Iran
But I know Jesus and I talk to God
And I remember this from when I was young
Faith hope and love are some good things he gave us
And the greatest is love
Where were you when the world stopped turning that September day
Teaching a class full of innocent children
Driving down some cold interstate
Did you feel guilty cause you're a survivor
In a crowded room did you feel alone
Did you call up your mother and tell her you love her
Did you dust off that bible at home
Did you open your eyes and hope it never happened
Close your eyes and not go to sleep
Did you notice the sunset the first time in ages
Speak with some stranger on the street
Did you lay down at night and think of tomorrow
Go out and buy you a gun
Did you turn off that violent old movie you're watching
And turn on "I Love Lucy" reruns
Did you go to a church and hold hands with some stranger
Stand in line and give your own blood
Did you just stay home and cling tight to your family
Thank God you had somebody to love
I'm just a singer of simple songs
I'm not a real political man
I watch CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you
The difference in Iraq and Iran
But I know Jesus and I talk to God
And I remember this from when I was young
Faith hope and love are some good things he gave us
And the greatest is love
I'm just a singer of simple songs
I'm not a real political man
I watch CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you
The difference in Iraq and Iran
But I know Jesus and I talk to God
And I remember this from when I was young
Faith hope and love are some good things he gave us
And the greatest is love
The greatest is love
The greatest is love
Where were you when the world stopped turning that September day
And, as an aside, I thought I'd mention that every time I here this song by Toby Keith, another good response from Country Music to the war, I think of Saddam's son's getting their just deserts from our soldiers.
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