Name: WE THE LIVING
Duration: 3 min 28 s
Channel: KENNETH HARPER FINTON
Description: "WE THE LIVING" is a song by The Fintons. A DRINKING SONG CELEBRATING LIFE AND THE MEMORY OF THOSE SLAIN ON 9/11.

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A DRINKING SONG CELEBRATING LIFE AND THE MEMORY OF THOSE SLAIN ON 9/11.

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The Fintons

Kenny Finton's original songs sound like they have been major hits for many years. The Fintons are hypnotic and spellbinding, an act that is loved by all age gr

Hypnotic, spellbinding ... Kenny Finton sings with a voice as smooth as polished granite. Chaya backs him up and sings her own songs with an Emmylou Harris quality, except you can understand the words Chaya sings.

Song Info

Genre

Acoustic • Acoustic Folk

Charts

Peak #98

Peak in subgenre #12

Author

KENNETH HARPER FINTON

Rights

2007

Uploaded

October 23, 2007

Track Files

MP3

MP3 3.2 MB • 128 kbps • 3:28

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

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