9/11

Today is my sister's birthday... I won't say how old she is out of fear for my life... Anyway, it's also, of course, 9/11. It's amazing to think that it's been four years since the towers collapsed. I really have nothing to say on the subject as everything has already been said many times before. There are many songs written about the incident, but one is mostly overlooked. It was written by Melissa Etheridge and appears on her 2004 release Lucky. It's a lovely song and as always the power of Etheridge's voice only elevates it.

Tuesday Morning

10:03 on a Tuesday morning
In the fall of an American dream
A man is doing what he knows is right
On flight 93
Loved his mom and he loved his dad
Loved his home and he loved his man
But on that bloody Tuesday morning
He died an American

[chorus]
Now you cannot change this
You can't erase this
You can't pretend this is not the truth

Even though he could not marry
Or teach your children in our schools
Because who he wants to love
Is breaking your God's rules
He stood up on a Tuesday morning
In the terror he was brave
And he made his choice and without a doubt
A hundred lives he must have saved

[chorus]

And the things you might take for granted
Your inalienable rights
Some might choose to deny him
Even though he gave his life
Can you live with yourself in the land of the free
And make him less of a hero than the other three
Well it might begin to change ya
In a field in Pennsylvania

[chorus]

Stand up America
Hear the bell now as it tolls
Wake up America
It's Tuesday morning
Come on, let's roll

[chorus]