A DRINKING SONG CELEBRATING LIFE AND THE MEMORY OF THOSE SLAIN ON 9/11.
folk
americana
alternative pop
folk rock
elvis
great american song
kenneth harper finton
the fintons
who owns the sun
emylou
Story behind the song
WRITTEN FIRST ABOUT THE KAL FLIGHT SHOT DOWN OVER RUSSIA, IT WAS REWRITTEN FOR 9/11 AND HELD UNTIL ENOUGH TIME HAD PASSED THAT A FITTING MEMORIAL SONG WAS POSSIBLE.
Lyrics
© 2007 HT MUSIC
WORDS AND LYRICS BY KENNETH HARPER FINTON
D Bm Em F#m
On a clear September morning, it happened without warning:
G F#m Em A
two flights left from Boston to Los Angeles on time,
D Bm Em F#m
It was so unexpected; both planes were redirected.
G F#m Bm G F#m Bm
The skyjackers had gained control; death was their unspoken goal.
G F#m Bm G Bm / / / Bm / / /
The passengers would never know ... never would know why.
G D F#m G
So here's to the living, for the dead will never know.
Em D E A
We, we the living, are left to choose the road.
G D F#m G
And here's to the safety of the world they left behind ...
Em D A D Bm / / / Bm / / /
and here's to the making of a better world in time.
D Bm Em F#m
In that most fatal hour, both planes hit the twin towers,
G F#m Em A
Where fifty thousand people went about their daily lives.
D Bm Em F#m
All who watched were humbled as both great towers crumbled,
G F#m Bm G F#m Bm
Smoke and dust filled up the sky, as thousands of good people died.
G F#m Bm G Bm / / / BM / / /
All that's left for you and I ... is uncertainty and woe.
G D F#m G
So here's to the living, for the dead will never know.
Em D E A
We, we the living, are left to choose the road.
G D F#m G
And here's to the safety of the world they left behind ...
Em D A D
and here's to the making of a better world in time.
REPEAT LAST TWO LINES AND OUT