Author: Edwin Duarte


We all remember where we were When the planes hit, and the buildings fell We said we’d never forget We all saw the second plane smash and hit the second tower A few brave men ran up inside to help those they could find We all saw the images of falling men We said we’d never forget When the buildings burned and burned then finally fell We had to come together and lend a helping hand But one percent did more than lend a helping hand They raised their right hand and took an oath We said we’d never forget The next day our flag was flying proud We all came together and were all very loud We are free because of the brave We said we’d never forget We all wanted justice, so Uncle Sam got his troops ready And did what they do best We sent them on planes of our own to knock their buildings down We said we’d never forget We sent young, we sent old but all of them, were very bold They chased the bad men down and made them all pay For what they did to us on that day, what did we say We said we’d never forget We saw the news We saw the raids, we saw the Wreckage that our troops were dropping In the name of justice and those we lost on that day We said we’d never forget We few, the proud Went in shooting, sometimes missing We heard the hissing and hoped we did right There to fight for justice We said we’d never forget When our country grew tired We started to blame our brave and bold Then our people started to care again, but not for us, for them We said we’d never forget Where did the time go? Where did all our patriotic spirit go? We lost it when we decided that our brave and bold Were less important than those who are not even us We said we’d never forget Now our brave and bold Have grown broken and old Some thanks are given but not required We said we’d never forget We see them in the streets sometimes We see them as getting sick and dying Sometimes twenty-two a day We said we’d never forget…we forgot