The Before and After - Verbs

Late to bed early to rise

Hit the top of the clock open blinds to see the sunshine

Press play another active day in the city

Where the aroma overall can linger far from pretty

Hundreds of thousands ride the subway

Uptown to downtown, staten i to bk

Taxi cabs drivin' speed, swerve, jerk

Pedestrians work to dodge so they don’t get hurt

Cops walk the beat with no real urgency

Fd responds to regular emergencies

Business man a flew out of jfk

But he’ll fly back tomorrow for his sons birthday

And you could see the statue clear from the pier

Buy a paper from the newsstand that stood here for years

You in a hurry, just a rush to find time

It’s the hussle and bussle metropolis type of grind

Many got no sleep last night was restless

Some tossed and turned inside their minds with questions

Like where was god terror struck our town?

He’s at where you left him before the buildings came down

Topsy turvey the comfortable distorted

Fear grew greater when breaking news was reported

Look to narrow in on this widespread panic

And call back the safety that we might have taken forgranite

Real secureness only lies in one place

Lives find refuge in the midst of the grace

We wave flags speak patriotic slang

But god will bless america when god is god again

Taking, doubt, paranoia, and all uncertainty

For a portion of the comfort everlasting surety

Attendance grew in the pews from that day

Many sought and found trouble don’t last always