[Intro]



[Verse]

             
    Where were

              
 you when the 

 
world stopped 

turning,
             
    On that Se

          
ptember day?
             
Were you in th

              
e Yard with yo


ur wife and ch

ildren,
             
Or working on 

              
some stage in 

  
L.A?
        
Did you stand 

there in shock
       
At the sight o

f that black s

moke
             
Rising against

           
 that blue sky

?
         
Did you shout 

out in anger
   
In fear for yo

ur neighbor,
            
Or did you jus

              
t sit down and

         
 cry?

        
Did you weep f

or the childre

n, they lost t

heir dear love

d ones,
             
And pray for t

              
he ones who do

    
n't know?
          
Did you rejoic

e for the peop

le who walked 

from the rubbl

e
             
And sob for th

              
e ones left be


low?
        
Did you burst 

out with pride
         
For the Red, W

hite, and Blue
        
And the heroes

 who died
      
just doing wha

t they do?
             
Did you look u

              
p to heaven fo

  
r some kind of

 answer,
            
And look at yo

             
ur self and wh

              
at really matt

      
ers?

[Chorus]

             
I'm just a sin

       
ger of simple 

songs I'm not 

a
             
Real political

 
 man
             
I watch CNN, B

       
ut I'm not sur

e I can tell y

ou
            
The difference

              
 in Iraq and I


ran.
             
But I know Jes

       
us and I talk 

to God
             
And I remember

              
 this from whe

        
n I was young
             
Faith, Hope an

              
d Love, are so

   
me good things

 he gave us
             
    And the gr

             
eatest is love

      
.

[Verse 2]

             
    Where were

              
 you when the 

 
world stopped 

turning
             
  On that Sept

      
ember day?
             
Teaching a cla

            
ss full of inn


ocent children
             
Or driving dow

              
n some cold in

   
terstate?
             
Did you feel g

            
uilty cause yo

u're a survivo

r
             
In a crowded r

              
oom did you fe

   
el alone?
        
Did you call u

p your mother
    
And tell you l

oved her?
            
Did you dust o

              
ff that Bible 

             
at home?

        
Did you open y

ou eyes and ho

pe it never ha

ppened
             
Close your eye

              
s and not go t

  
o sleep?
        
Did you notice

 the sunset fo

r the first ti

me in ages
             
And speak to s

              
ome stranger o

      
n the street?
             
Did you lay do

              
wn at night an

  
d think of tom

orrow?
             
Go out and buy

       
 you a gun?
             
Did you turn o

              
ff that violen

      
t old movie yo

u're watching
            
And turn on I 

             
Love Lucy reru

       
ns?

[Bridge]

             
Did you go to 

              
a church and h

    
old hands with

 some stranger

s
             
Stand inline a

              
nd give your o

   
wn blood?
        
Did you just s

tay home
          
And cling tigh

t to your fami

ly,
            
Thank God you 

              
had somebody t

  
o love?

[Chorus] (x2)

             
I'm just a sin

       
ger of simple 

songs I'm not 

a
             
Real political

 
 man
             
I watch CNN, B

       
ut I'm not sur

e I can tell y

ou
            
The difference

              
 in Iraq and I


ran.
             
But I know Jes

       
us and I talk 

to God
             
And I remember

              
 this from whe

        
n I was young
             
Faith, Hope an

              
d Love, are so

   
me good things

 he gave us
             
    And the gr

             
eatest is love

      
.

             
I'm just a sin

       
ger of simple 

songs I'm not 

a
             
Real political

 
 man
             
I watch CNN, B

       
ut I'm not sur

e I can tell y

ou
            
The difference

              
 in Iraq and I


ran.
             
But I know Jes

       
us and I talk 

to God
             
And I remember

              
 this from whe

        
n I was young
             
Faith, Hope an

              
d Love, are so

   
me good things

 he gave us
             
    And the gr

             
eatest is love

     
.
             
And the greate

      
st is Love
             
And the greate

      
st is Love
             
    Where were

             
 you when the 

          
world stopped 

           
turning,
              
On that Septem

      
ber day?