The towers fell like ashes
Right there before our eyes
And the echo loud as thunder
Shook the core of every life
But in that dreadful moment
Though shocked and insecure
You could see amidst it all
A resolve that yet endured
The American spirit
Towers from within
Its foundation will not tumble
And its walls will not give in
The American spirit
Though faced with hell itself
Will stand up for freedom
The American spirit
We foraged through the rubble
In search of fallen lives
All the future taken from them
How untimely they all died
But they will be remembered
Each time we stand to sing
God bless America
Ever let her freedom ring
The American spirit
Towers from within
Its foundation will not tumble
And its walls will not give in
The American spirit
Though faced with hell itself
Will stand up for freedom
The American spirit