Where were you?


Where were you when the World stopped turning on that September day
Out in the yard with your wife and children, working on some stage in L.A.?
Did you stand there in shock at the sight of that black smoke
Rising against that blue sky, did you shout out in anger in
Fear for your neighbor. Or did you just sit down and cry?


Did you weep for the children that lost their dear loved ones
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 heros who died just doing what they do, Did you look up to heaven for
Some kind of answer and look at yourself what really matters


I'm just a singer of simple songs, I'm not a real political man
I watched CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you the diffrence 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 turning that September day
Teaching a class full of innocent children, or 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 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 to some stranger on the street?
Did you lay down at night and think of tommorrow, go out and buy you a gun?
Did you turn off that violent old movie you was watching
And turn on I Love Lucy reruns?
Did you go to church and hold hands with some stranger
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 watched CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you the diffrence 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 turning
On That September Day?

~Alan Jackson~