MP3.com: Danny Ray Jones Song Detail
MP3.com Home
EMusic Free Trial  /  Get Started  /  Artist Area  /  Site Map  /  Help
 
Play all songs in lo fiPlay all songs in hi fi Danny Ray Jonesmp3.com/Danny_Ray_Jones

1 Total Plays
Artist Extras
  •  
  • Find more artists in Heartland, USA - USA
  •  
  • More featured tracks in Pop & Rock
  •  
  • Get More MP3.com Services
    More Free Music by this Artist

    "Fire In The Sky"genre: Rock
    lo fi playlo fi play (dial-up)
    hi fi playhi fi play (broadband)
    downloaddownload (3.0 MB)
    email track to a friendemail track to a friend
    add to My.MP3add to My.MP3
    A Rock/Country song about a New York fireman who died in the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
    CD: Fire In The Sky   Label: none
    Credits: Written, produced and performed by Danny Ray Jones

    Story Behind the Song
    ‘Fire In The Sky’ was written and recorded in my home studio on a little mountaintop in the Ozarks during September, October and November, 2001. I was inspired to write it by a Diane Sawyer interview with the New York Fire Chief who succeeded the Chief killed in the attack on the World Trade Center. He described how the fallen Chief had followed in his father's footsteps, and how they had been friends for many years. I thought their heroism deserved a good song. This is dedicated to all those who lost their lives in the attack on the World Trade Center, and to the indomitable spirit of the American people.

    Lyrics
    Fire In The Sky

    His hand was a lifeline, till the tower came down,
    and a flaming steel beam screaming thunder nailed him hard to the ground.
    And as his partner rushed over, the fallen fireman grinned...
    Hank I’m down but from these ashes, I’ll rise again...

    Chorus:
    Because I’m New York’s bravest and I’ve lived to ride
    with Company Nineteen, fighting fire in the sky.
    Since I rode that old red engine with my dad one autumn day
    I’ve been fighting fires, and I always walked away but...

    Recitative:
    Partner, this time it looks like I won’t be walking home tonight.
    So tell my Mary I love her, and the kids I’ll meet’m by-and-by.
    Now carry on, leave me be, I hear sweet angels come to bear me
    Straight on to that firefight in the sky.
    ...
    then he slumped back in the ashes, too weak to say more, and...

    Verse 2:
    you know they ignored, the dying fireman’s request...
    Down at the ER, all day and night they tried to save him from heaven’s rest.
    But as the sun rose their weary hands felt his soul slippin’ away.
    When his heart stopped, they heard beating wings...
    and as the angels sang, yeah, one last time they heard him say...

    Chorus (variant):
    I’m New York’s bravest and I live to fly
    far above the fires of earth where heaven touches sky
    From high above Afghanistan to America and west,
    I’ll be smiling down on you, wishing you the best
    Fighting fire in the sky... Fighting fire in the sky.

    More Free Music by this Artist

    Copyright notice. All material on MP3.com is protected by copyright law and by international treaties. You may download this material and make reasonable number of copies of this material only for your own personal use. You may not otherwise reproduce, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, or create derivative works of this material, unless authorized by the appropriate copyright owner(s).

     
     
     
    Company Info / Site Map / My Account / Shopping Cart / Help
    Copyright 1997-2003 Vivendi Universal Net USA Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
    MP3.com Terms and Conditions / Privacy Policy
    Vivendi Universal