What can one say about the anniversary of one of the saddest days in American History: the day of infamy that even Abraham Lincoln declared would never happen, but indeed did? My prayers and my thoughts are with all of those families who lost a dear member of their own family. In tribute to them, I will here reprint the lyrics from the song I wrote the very day that all of this happened, Tuesday, September 11th, 2001:

WE ARE DIFFERENT NOW!

On a bright September morning
On a day so warm and grand!
Without a word of warning
Came am enemy who planned:
An attack upon our freedom
And the we always knew
And ever since that morning
We are different, me and you!

We are different now!
Kinder in heart and soul!
Finder of sweet control:
We’ve more patience and compassion than before
We are different now! We’re not ashamed to cry!
Our hearts taught us to fly:
To the needs of every person:
To offer love and more
We are different now!
We’re flying flags with pride!
New York to paradise!
We pray for another ev’ry day!

We are different now!
Don’t mind so much to wait!
We just appreciate:
That the Lord restrained the evil of that day!

They woke the sleeping giant
In the heart of all our lives
They made us stand defiant
And we’ll face them side by side
So what these wicked souls may say won’t fly!
In freedom’s skies
Praising God for violence
Is just Satan in disguise (Satan’s best disguise)

We are different now!
Kinder in heart and soul!
Finder of sweet control:
We’ve more patience and compassion than before
We are different now! We’re not ashamed to cry!
Our hearts taught us to fly:
To the needs of every person:
To offer love and more
We are different now!
We’re flying flags with pride!
New York to paradise!
We pray for another ev’ry day!

We are different now!
Don’t mind so much to wait!
We just appreciate:
That the Lord restrained the evil of that day!

We grow stronger ev’ry day
We’re not afraid to pray!
We’ll defeat the face of terror, somehow!
All because! Just because!
We are different now!__________
We have the love we need
With God’s help we’ll succeed
Just because we are different now!
From this day on! Our fear is gone!
We are different now!______________


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