""Two Proud Brothers"" genre: Americana
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	An artist's attempt to reconcile the events of September 11th...now part of a benefit CD called Sounds of Hope NYC to aid the children of the victims...www.soundsofhopeNYC.org
	CD: Sounds of Hope NYC: NYC artists remember 9/11   Label: Firethorn Music Credits: words and music by Lorraine Ferro
	Story Behind the Song It was saturday night/sunday early morning after the tragic events of September 11th. I couldn't make any sense of it; and the sight haunted me, as I had watched it from my bedroom window, in Greenwich Village. I had been glued to the TV and radio ever si nce that tuesday, whenever I wasn't volunteering, or working on a fundraiser I had begun. I couldn't sleep. And I was afraid in a way I don't think I've ever been. I started writing about what it all meant to me...the loss, the horror, and the spirit of unity. Everywhere I was hearing that the enemy had tried to rob us of our freedom, and justice. I saw the Towers as the symbols of those things, and the rest flowed. It was written in a few hours. Lyrics Two Proud Brothers, straight and tall Fair, and skyward soaring Liberty, and Justice For All Hit without a warning From my window in the light of day One by one I watched them fall First came Liberty, then came Justice On a mid September morn On a mid Sep tember morn Rachael’s weeping for her children Yea, because they are no more And in this wreckage that we call our hearts Is where the grapes of wrath are stored And on the TV, and on the radio I hear them say that we’re at war For our Liberty, and our J ustice Threatened that September morn On a mid September morn So I turn to my Bible And there’s ‘an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth’ But I know that I must ‘turn the other cheek’ Which one’s the truth? Tireless souls and calloused hands Work on t he pile at Ground Zero And all across our promised land Are the nameless heroes Dead and living, we’re united In a way we’ve never known For our Liberty, and our Justice They cannot be overthrown, No, they cannot be overthrown And from the stench of smok e and ashes I know the phoenix surely rises like the dawning of the day And every candle’s a reminder “Be not afraid” Two Proud Brothers, once they stood With the thousands missing But the shedding of their blood Has been a martyr’s christening For we were stronger than the terror That befell us on that day For WE are Liberty, and WE are Justice Land of the free, home of the brave Land of the free, home of the brave

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