Americas Finest Hour It started like it always did A warm September day But before we knew what hit us They had changed the skies to gray The air was filled with fire and smoke A scene straight out of hell A terrified people crying out As around them buildings fell We watched with disbelieving eyes The suffering and pain As people fell down through the air Like tiny drops of rain We watched the senseless act of hate With a horrid sense of dread For we knew when this day was over That thousands would be dead We watched again this dreadful day The many heroes to emerge As they tried to save the helpless souls That were driven down by the Scourge We watched people helping people As the fires continued to burn We saw faces of compassion Of caring and concern We saw our leaders stricken faces As they led us through this day And we bowed our heads in prayers That God would lead their way The Madman hoped to down us To send us to our knees Their cowardly acts of vengeance Spread forth like a disease But America she still stands tall Even in their deadly wake For the spirit of her people We never shall forsake As our fathers did before us We shall fight for freedom’s song And we will take out the madman And right his deadly wrong So Terror take a message here You will never win the fight Under God we are prepared To live and die for Right Our freedom is our way of life And it shall always be Our nation will defend her soil To keep her people free The message here is very plain You will never have the power Because in the darkness you will see Americas finest hour