I remember on this morining getting woke up by a phone call from my sister, and asked if I had been watching the news, I told her no that I had been a sleep. I was working nights for the school and I was in the habit of sleeping in the morning. I turned on the tv and watched. Minutes later I saw the second plane fly into the second tower. All I could do was watch, and wonder just like everyone else. After I watched the towers fall I called my reserve unit to see if we have to check the alert roster, make contact with everyone in the unit, the order had not been given to do so, I told Jennifer when it happens let me know I will come in and help do it. Later that day I went to work, to go clean the school. When I got there I was told I didn't have to stay if I didn't want to.
All activities were cancelled for that night. 1/2 hour after school got out the building was empty except for me. I thought about going home but I knew they were going to have school the next day and some how everyone would learn that life must go on and the next day teachers would have a class full of students wondering and asking questions.
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 site of
that back smoke rising against that blue sky
did you shout out in anger
in fear for you 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 tuning that September day
teaching a class of innocent children
driving down some cold interstate
did you feel guilty cause you're a surviver
in a crowded room did you feel alone
did you call up your mother and tell her that 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 stanger 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 a stanger
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 diffence 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 fo simple songs
I'm not a real political man
I watch CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you
the diffence 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
Song: Where were you (when the world stop turning)
By: Alan Jackson
I remeber the first time I heard this song on the radio I was driving down an empty highway about 4:30 am in the morning. I was in my Army Uniform on my way to the reserve center. I was getting near a farm house and the yard was a lit up with lights and hanging down from the top of the barn was the United States Flag, As the song came on my radio I stopped the car and got out as this song began to play. At that time I cried for those who lost there lives on that day.
Here is another song that I like to hear.......
Well if you ask me where I come from
here's what I tell everyone
I was born by God's dear grace
in an extraordinary place
where the stars and strips and the eagle fly
It's a big 'ol land with countless dreams
happiness ain't out of reach
hard work pays off the way it should
yeah, I've seen enough to know that we've got it good
where the stars and stripes and the eagle fly
There's a lady that stands in a harbor
for what we believe
and there's a bell that still echoes
the price that it cost to be free
I pledge allegiance to this flag
and if that bothers you, well that's too bad
but if you got pride and you're proud that you do
hey we could use some more like me and you
where the stars and stripes and the eagle fly
Yes there's a lady that stands in a harbor
for what we believe
and there's a bell that still echoes
the price that it cost to be free
No it ain't the only place on earth
but it's the only place that I perfer
to love my wife and raise my kids
hey the same way that my daddy did
where the stars and stripes and the eagle fly
Where the stars and stripes and the eagle fly
where the stars and stripes and the eagle fly.
Song: Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly
By: Aaron Tippon
