Judy Collins - Kingdom Come lyrics

It was seven months since 9/11 And the work was almost done It was seven months since 9/11 And the work had just begun Ground Zero lit the evening sky Like a beacon through the heart The searchlights drove through Heaven's doors And blew them far apart A few miles north on the Hudson River We had gathered for a sort of wake Nobody felt like celebrating But the Firemen needed some kind of break They'd been to so many funerals And seen so many God-awful sights They'd been to Ground Zero from dawn to dusk And round the clock some nights To Kingdom come, to hell and gone To somewhere far away Where murder doesn't break the heart On a sunny day I was all dressed up like the rest of the crowd At the Roxy Club that night The men and women in Uniform Tried hard to keep it light Kevin Bacon played and sang And folks began to smile Chris Bodi played his silver horn With rhythm and with style I sang my song Amazing Grace And people laughed and cried Ronan Tynan sang Danny Boy and Not an eye was dry Steve Buscemi spoke of life At Engine 55, Of how these heroes Stayed the course and Saved so many lives To Kingdom come, to hell and gone To somewhere far away Where murder doesn't break the heart On a sunny day A burly man with a handsome face Stuck out his hand and smiled Say, meet my wife, we like your songs We've been with you mile for mile Though he had a rugged face I knew I saw the hurt Then he pointed to a spot above the collar of his shirt. Just look here on the back of my neck, There's a tattoo, can you see? Just right here, I got up close And saw the number 343, The number of the Firemen Who were lost upon that day The numbers of those heroes, Ground Zero was their grave To Kingdom come, to hell and gone To somewhere far away Where murder doesn't break the heart On a sunny day Those firemen loaded up with gear Climbed to their d**h's that day Along with all the other hundreds Blasted on their way Police and EMS and those On whom d**h took its toll And more whose dreams will never dawn, More than three thousand souls I left the party after that I could not stay my tears, For all our gifts for all our hopes For all our nameless fears For all our heroes, men and women Lost on that black day Those firemen with courage In their hearts so strong and brave, Who made sure in their final hours There were 30,000 saved. They've gone to where there are no tears And every heart is gay, And they won't be forgotten on a sunny day To Kingdom come, to hell and gone To somewhere far away Where murder doesn't break the heart On a sunny day Where murder doesn't break the heart On a sunny day.