The Bravest

	  		
Verse 1:
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The first plane hit the other tower, right after I came in 
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It left a fiery, gaping hole where offices had been 
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We stood and watched in horror, as we saw the first ones fall 
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Then someone yelled, "Get out, get out, they're trying to kill us all" 

Verse 2:
 
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I grabbed the pictures from my desk and joined the flight for life 
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With every step I called the names of my children and my wife 
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And then we heard them coming up, from several floors below 
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A crowd of firefighters with their heavy gear in tow 

   
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     Now every time I try to sleep, I'm haunted by the sound 
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     Of firemen pounding up the stairs, while we were running down 


Verse 3:
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And when we met them on the stairs, they said we were too slow 
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"Get out, get out", they yelled at us, "The whole thing's gonna go" 
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They didn't have to tell us twice, we'd seen the world on fire 
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We kept on running down the stairs, while they kept climbing higher 

  
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     Now every time I try to sleep, I'm haunted by the sound 
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     Of firemen pounding up the stairs, while we were running down 


Verse 4:
 
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Thank God, we made it to the street, we ran through ash and smoke 
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I didn't know which way to run, I thought that I would choke 
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A fireman took me by the arm and he pointed me uptown 
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And, "Christ", I heard him whisper, as the tower came roaring down 

Verse 5:
 
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So now I go to funerals for men I never knew 
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The pipers play 'Amazing Grace' as the coffins come in view 
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They must have seen it coming when they turned to face the fire 
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They sent us down to safety, then they kept on climbing higher 

 
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     Now every time I try to sleep, I'm haunted by the sound 
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     Of firemen pounding up the stairs, while we were running down 
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     Of firemen pounding up the stairs, while we were running down