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Lyrics: THE AMERICAN TRILOGY
Words & Music © 2002-2003 RWGathman for The Front Porch Country Band.
All rights reserved worldwide. USAgency Songs (BMI).

 "Each of us will remember what happened that day, and to whom it happened. We'll remember the moment to news came. Where we were. And what we were doing. Some will remember an image of a fire or a story of rescue. Some will carry memories of a face. And a voice gone forever." (U.S. President George W. Bush addressing the Joint Session Of Congress 20 September 2002.)

ECHOES OF YOUR LOVE
I still hear the echoes of your voice softly calling
Calling to me one last time
Somehow in that moment
As the world came down around you
The voice you needed most to hear was mine
All up and down these concrete canyons
Through the open skies far above
You were calling to me one last time
And whispering your love
They say our dreams are echoes
Of hearts that feel a longing
Babe I long to hold you close tonight
Every night I'm dreaming
You're still lying here beside me
Now nothing in my world feels right
But I know someday the skies again will open
And you'll hold me close in heaven far above
Til then you're calling to me
And I still hear the echoes of your love
Thanks for calling to me one last time
And whispering your love, yes
You're still calling to me
And I still hear the echoes of your love
Echoes of your love...
Echoes of your love...
Echoes of your love...

"Let the word go forth from this time and place to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace. Proud of our ancient heritage and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed and to which we are committed today, at home and around the world. Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty." (U.S. President John F. Kennedy addressing the nation in his Inaugural Address on 20 January 1961.)

AMERICAN SKIES
Oh, say
Say, can you see
Flying high
Still flying free
Over hearts
Still strong and true
Under skies
Red white and blue

Can you see
Here hand in hand
Sea to sea
United we stand
Now as one
Our Nation will rise
Under free
American skies

Oh, say
Say, can you see
There she waves
Still flying free
Now as one
One nation will rise
Under free
American skies

"In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger..." (President John F. Kennedy from his Inaugural Address 20 January 1961.)

Now as one
One nation will rise
Under free American skies

Oh, say
Say, can you see
There she waves
Still flying free
Oh, say...

Oh, say
Say, can you see
There she waves
Home of the free
Oh, say...(repeats)

"Now the trumpet summons us again." (President John F. Kennedy from his Inaugural Address 20 January 1961.)

"Yesterday, December 7th 1941, a date which will live in infamy, The United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked." (U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressing the Joint Session of Congress 8 December 1941.)

AMERICA STANDING TALL
The whole world still remembers
The 7th of December
America's bright blue skies
Turned red with fire
Over calm Pacific water
A place they call Pearl Harbor
No warning came - 1941
Then freedom called a nation
The "Greatest Generation"
Stood as one - America heard the call
When the war was finally over
The whole world watched in wonder
At America standing straight and proud and tall

CHORUS
And America's still standing tall tonight
With freedom's beacon shining strong and bright
And if I'm the last man standing
I'll stand for all that's right
America's still standing tall tonight

"On September 11 enemies of freedom committed an act of war against our country...we have seen the State of our Union in the endurance of rescuers working past exhaustion. We've seen the unfurling of flags, the lighting of candles...for the last nine days the entire world has seen for itself the State of our Union and it is strong." (U.S. President George W. Bush addressing the Joint Session Of Congress 20 September 2002.)

Now the world will long remember
The 11th of September
America's bright blue skies
Burned red with fire
Over calm Atlantic water
Our peaceful New York harbor
No warning came - the year 2001
Now freedom calls a nation
And the latest generation of Americans
Will stand and hear the call
And when there's no more terror
The whole world will watch in wonder
At America standing straight and proud and tall

CHORUS
And America's still standing tall tonight
With freedom's beacon shining strong and bright
And if I'm the last man standing
I'll stand for all that's right
America's still standing tall tonight

America's still standing tall tonight
With freedom's beacon shining strong and bright
And if I'm the last man standing
I'll stand for all that's right
America's still standing tall tonight

America's still standing tall tonight
With freedom's beacon shining strong and bright
If we're the last one's standing
We'll stand for all that's right
America's still standing tall tonight
America's still standing tall tonight

"And what is at stake is not just America's freedom. This is the world's fight. This is civilization's fight." (U.S. President George W. Bush addressing the Joint Session Of Congress 20 September 2002.)

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