New Songs for 9-11-2001

Subject: RE: New Songs for 9-11-01
From: Amergin
Date: 12 Sep 01 - 05:39 PM

good piece of work, Emily Scorch.....

I hope that more are coming...though I would understand if they do not....

Subject: RE: New Songs for 9-11-01
From: Sorcha
Date: 12 Sep 01 - 02:10 PM

Transferred from Part III:

My 18-year-old stepdaughter wrote this in response to today's events and asked me to share it with you.

911
by Emily Pennington, 2001

Words nor sayings ain't nothin'...
The world will continue frontin'
Sh*t, we livin' in our last days -
It don't matter what nobody says or will say.
Our destinies are chosen
Still we need to stay strong and keep focus
Regardless, life can be hard... Don't dare let that tear us apart.
Even though, every day we strive
Keep hope alive.
I beg of you - don't give up yet.
For one day, justice we shall get...
Faith may be the only true investment.
Motha' f*ckers ain't truly ready for this testin'...
But realize life is precious -
As much as lust bein' lucious...
Give up,
Then we're all stuck.
God's in control
So let life go on and roll.
Remember, play every day
And never let a moment slip away....

*911*
God bless all of us...

Just one young person's view on things. For your consideration.

jeffp God help us all.

Subject: RE: New Songs for 9-11-01
From: Mrrzy
Date: 12 Sep 01 - 02:00 PM

Songs should begin now, while hearts are most full. This one is tragic, and should be sung forcefully, not slowly as a dirge. I have been thinking of that Phil Ochs line too... Amergin, Susan, good going. Let's have more.

Subject: RE: New Songs for 9-11-01
From: katlaughing
Date: 12 Sep 01 - 01:33 PM

Beautiful, but it is too soon for me to even think about a song. Thanks for sharing, though.

luvyakat

Subject: RE: New Songs for 9-11-01
From: GUEST,Genie
Date: 12 Sep 01 - 01:32 PM

This is not a new song, and I don't want to distract the thread, but I can't help but think of Phil Och's lines:
"Show me the country where the bombs had to fall,
Show me the ruins of the buildings once so tall,
And I'll show you, young [one], with so many reasons why,
That there but for fortune go you and I, ... ."

I guess we've taken our good fortune for granted while terrorism racked other countries.

Subject: RE: New Songs for 9-11-01
From: wysiwyg
Date: 12 Sep 01 - 01:22 PM

Should read:

Here is the chorus that Amergin AND Susan wrote...:

Suddenly I felt a warm, wet drop land on the back of my pleading, outstretched hand
It was the tears of God; He said, "I just don't understand.
I gave you such gifts-- not the least was free will.
Yet you use it in anger, you use it to kill.
You want to know why I allow this to be?
That answer should come from you, to Me."

~S~

Subject: RE: New Songs for 9-11-01
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Sep 01 - 01:22 PM

I hope the tune's better than the words... jeez

Leave it at least three months before you write anything else, it's just to soon

Subject: RE: New Songs for 9-11-01
From: Amergin
Date: 12 Sep 01 - 01:19 PM

Here is the chorus that Susan wrote...:

Suddenly I felt a warm, wet drop land
On the back of my pleading, outstretched hand
It was the tears of God; He said, "I don't understand.
I gave you such gifts-- not the least was free will.
Yet you use it in anger, you use it to kill.
You want to know why I allow this to be?
That answer should come from you, to Me."
With the gift of free will

Subject: New Songs for 9-11-01
From: wysiwyg
Date: 12 Sep 01 - 01:15 PM

Is there already a thread for these? I didn't see one.

Amergin and I just wrote one. He started it-- they are mostly his words, and I will be doing a tune. A slow waltz.

It needs a title, so maybe someone can supply one. I'm posting the verses and then Amergin will post the chorus.

~Susan

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UNTITLED
Last night as I lay dreaming,
I saw a blue New York sky.
I heard hundreds of people screaming
As they ran and passed me by
From the tall burning building
A-tumbling to the floor.
And then the news hawkers cried
They were "casualties of war."

Then I began to wonder,
As the planes crashed on down
Into the giant skyscrapers
And made a loud and ugly sound;
I heard the cries of the passengers
When they found they would die
In the midst of the fireballs
That lit up the morning sky.

Some jumped from the windows
To escape the raining death
Burns wracked broken bodies
As they shrieked their last, charred breath
Now what went through their minds?
They realised they were going to die
From some madman's unholy cause...
Destruction, poured from the sky.

I saw bystanders out on the street
Crying in shock and horror,
Revulsion shining in their eyes
With each teardrop on the floor.
The dust had began to sink;
The smoke had filled the sky.
Hundreds stood around weeping
Asking, "Oh my God, please, why?"

I woke with a start from the dreaming
In the light of the morning sun.
Relief settled in my bones,
As I turned the television on.
Manhattan was but a jungle
Of smoke and terrified screams!
The tears streamed down my cheeks
For I knew this was no dream.