Story Behind The Song

The moment my cousin Elizabeth watched the second tower go down in flames knowing that her husband Greg was inside, we truly tasted the impact of 9-11. Even though they searched for Greg, we knew he was gone. In the midst of all of this, rather than re

Song Description

A tribute to 9-11 (original version written by John Denver)

Lyrics

It?s About Time

Verse 1:
There?s a full moon over Washington
Manhattan?s lights are dim
Who?s to say you have to lose
For someone else to win?
There?s a flag by the Pentagon waving
For all the world to see
And a void where towers once stood tall
Is a grave of disbelief

In the eyes of all the people
The look is still the same
For pain is never partial
When you play a deadly game

Chorus 1:
It?s about time we realize it
We?re all in this together
It?s about time we find out
It?s all of us or none
It? about time we recognize it
These changes in the weather
It?s about hope, it?s about healing, it?s about time

Verse 2:
There?s a man who is my brother
I just don?t know his name
Though I?ve passed him on 5th avenue
Today I know his pain
I suppose it hits me most of all
When I see that mother?s grief
Or the wedding band found in the sand
?neath that pile of hate?s debris

?Is daddy coming home soon
Will he tuck me in tonight??
?Close your eyes, I?ll tell you a story
Of a hero?s final fight?

Chorus 2:
It?s about time we question
Who of us can cast the stone
Its about time face it
We can?t make it here all alone
It?s about time we start to listen
To those voices deep within
It?s about love, it?s about courage, it?s about time

Verse 3:
Now the world as we once knew it
Will never be the same
I can hear their voices calling out
?No more anger in our name!?
Nations rise above division
Former enemies join hands
No more ?his or hers?
No more ?mine or yours?
Our world as one now stands

Will you join our song of freedom?
Will you let ONE voice be heard?
And forever mark this moment in history
As the day love changed the world

Chorus 3:
It?s about time we begin it
To turn this world around
It?s about time we make it happen
The dream we?ve always known
It?s about time we start to live it
This family of man

It?s about hope and it?s about healing
It?s about love and it?s about courage
It?s about peace and it?s about changes
And it?s about time?

It?s about you and me together
And it?s about time.