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