Where Were
Alan Jackson

Where were you when the world stopped turning

On that September day?

Were you in the yard with your wife and children?

Or working on some stage in L.A.?


Did you stand there in shock at the sight of

That black smoke rising against that blue sky?

Did you shout out in anger, in fear for your neighbor?

Or did you just sit down and cry?


Did you weep for the children who lost their dear loved ones

And pray for the ones who don't know?

Did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble

And sob for the ones left below?


Did you burst out with pride for the red white and blue

And the heroes who died just doing what they do?

Did you look up to heaven for some kind of answer?

And look at yourself and what really matters


I'm just a singer of simple songs

I'm not a real political man

I watch CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you

The difference in Iraq and Iran


But I know Jesus and I talk to God

And I remember this from when I was young

Faith, hope and love are some good things He gave us

And the greatest is love


Where were you when the world stopped turning

On that September day?

Teaching a class full of innocent children

Or driving down some cold interstate?


Did you feel guilty 'cause you're a survivor?

In a crowded room did you feel alone?

Did you call up your mother and tell her you loved her?

Did you dust off that Bible at home?


Did you open your eyes, hope it never happened

Close your eyes and not go to sleep?

Did you notice the sunset the first time in ages

Speak to some stranger on the street?


Did you lay down at night and think of tomorrow

Go out and buy you a gun?

Did you turn off that violent home movie you're watching

And turn on 'I Love Lucy' reruns?


Did you go to a church and hold hands with some strangers?

Stand in line and give your own blood?

Did you just stay home and cling tight to your family?

Thank God you had somebody to love


I'm just a singer of simple songs

I'm not a real political man

I watch CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you

The difference in Iraq and Iran


But I know Jesus and I talk to God

And I remember this from when I was young

Faith, hope and love are some good things He gave us

And the greatest is love


I'm just a singer of simple songs

I'm not a real political man

I watch CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you

The difference in Iraq and Iran


But I know Jesus and I talk to God

And I remember this from when I was young

Faith, hope and love are some good things He gave us

And the greatest is love and the greatest is love

And the greatest is love


Where were you when the world stopped turning

On that September day?


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  Don't Ask Why   'tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus   (Who Says) You Can't Have It All   'tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus   1976   8 Month's Of Hell   A Holly Jolly Christmas   A House with No Curtains   A Little Bluer Than That   A Love Like That   A Million Ways To Die   A song for the life   A Woman's Love   A Woman\'s Love   A Woman's Love   Ace Of Hearts   After 17   Ain't Got Trouble Now   Ain’t Got Trouble Now   Alan Jackson Where Were You When The World Stoppe...   Alan Jackson - Remember When   Alan Jackson--Where Were You   All American Country Boy   Amarillo   Amazing Grace   Angels and Alcohol   Angels Cried   Another Good Reason   Anywhere On Earth You Are   Appalachian Mountain Girl   Are You Washed In The Blood   Are You Washed In The Blood?   As Lovely As You   As She's Walking Away   Away in a Manger   Between The Devil & Me   Between the Devil and Me   Big Green Eyes   Blacktop   Blessed Assurance   Blue Blooded Woman   Blue Moon of Kentucky   Blue Ridge Mountain Song   Blue Side of Heaven   Bluebird   Blues Man   Blues Man (a Tribute To Hank Williams Jr)   Blues Man (tribute To Hank Jr.)   Boats To Build   Bring on the Night   Buicks to the Moon   burnin both ends of the night   Burnin' the Honky Tonks Down   Burnin' The Honky Tonks Down   Burnin’ The Honky Tonks Down   Captain Save a Hoe   Captain Save a Hoe (Remix)   Chaain That Neon Rainbow   Chasin' That Neon Rainbow   Chasin\' That Neon Rainbow   Chasin' That Neon Rainbow   Chatahoochie   Chattachoochie   Chattahochee   Chattahoochee   Chattahoochee (Extended Mix)   Chattahoochee [DVD]   Chattahoochee [Extended Mix]   Chattahoochie   Country Boy   Dallas   Dancin' All Around It   Dancin\' All Around It   Dancin' All Around It   Designated Drinker   Designated Drinker (Alan Jackson with George Strai...   Dixie Highway   Dog River Blues   Don't Ask Why   Don't Change On Me   Don't Close Your Eyes   Don't Even Know Your Name   Don't Rock The Juke Box   Don't Rock The Jukebox   Don\'t Rock The Jukebox   Don't Ask Why   Don't Change On Me   Don't Close Your Eyes   Don't Rock The Jukebox   Drive   Drive ( For Daddy Gene)   Drive (For Daddy Gene)   Drive [For Daddy Gene]   Every Now & Then   Every Now And Then   Everything but the Wings   Everything I Love   Farewell Party   First Love   Flaws   Freight Train   From A Distance   Fuckin\' They Nose   George Strait and Alan Jackson---Murder On Music R...   Gone Before You Met Me   Gone Country   Gone Country By Alan Jackson   Gone Crazy   Gonna Come Back as a Country Song   Good Imitation Of The Blues   Good Time   Had It Not Been You   Hard Hat & A Hammer   Hard Hat And A Hammer   Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas   He Lives   Her Life's a Song   Her Life's A Song   Here In The Real World   Hole in the Wall   Holly Jolly Christmas   Home   Honky Tonk Christmas   House With No Curtains   How Great Thou Art   Hurtin' Comes Easy   Hurtin\' Comes Easy   Hurtin' Comes Easy   I Could Get Used To This Lovin' Thing   I Could Get Used To This Lovin' Thing   I Don't Even Know Your Name   I Don't Need The Booze   I Don't Need The Booze (to Get A Buzz On)   I Don\'t Even Know Your Name   I Don\'t Need The Booze (To Get A Buzz On)   I Don't Even Know Your Name   I Don't Need The Booze   I Leave A Light On   I Love To Tell The Story   I Only Want You For Christmas   I Slipped and Fell in Love   I Still Like Bologna   I Still Love You   I Want To Stroll Over Heaven With You   I Wish I Could Back Up   I'd Love You All Over Again   I'll Fly Away   I'll Go On Lovin' You   I'll Go On Loving You   I'll Try   I\'d Love You All Over Again   I\'ll Go On Lovin\' You   I\'ll Go On Loving You   I\'ll Try   I\'m Work In Progress   I'd Love You All Over Again   I'll Fly Away   I'll Go On Loving You   I'll Try   If Dallas Was In Tennesse   If French Fries Were Fat Free   If I Could Make a Living   If I Had You   If It Ain't One Thing (It's You)   If It Ain\'t One Thing (It\'s You)   If It Ain't One Thing   If It Ain’t One Thing   If Jesus Walked The World Today   If Love Was a River   If Tears Could Talk   If We Make It Through December   If You Don't Wanna See Santa Claus Cry   If You Don't Want to See Santa Claus Cry   If You Don\'t Wanna See Santa Claus Cry   If You Want To Make Me Happy   In The Garden   It Must Be Love   It's 5 o'clock Somewhere   It's About Time You Learned About Goodbye   It's All About Him   It's Alright to Be a Redneck   It's Five O' Clock Somewhere   It's Five O'Clock Somewhere   It's Just That Way   It's Time You Learned About Good-Bye   It's Time You Learned About Goodbye   It\'s 5 O\'clock Somwhere   It\'s About Time You Learned About Goodbye   It\'s Alright To Be A Redneck   It\'s Five O\' Clock Somewhere   It\'s Five O\'Clock Somewhere (W/ Jimmy Buffett)   It\'s Time You Learned About Goodbye   It's Alright To Be A Redneck   It's Five O'clock Somewhere   It's Just That Way   It's Time You Learned About Goodbye   Its 5 Oclock Somewhere   Jim And Jack And Hank   Jingle Bells   Job Description   Just as I Am   Just Go On   Just Playin' Possum   Just Playin\' Possum   Just Playin' Possum   Just Put A Ribbon In Your Hair   Kiss An Angel Good Mornin   Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'   Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'   Knew All Along   Laid Back 'n Low Key (Cay)   Laid Back'n Low Key   Leaning On The Everlasting Arms   Let It Be Christmas   Let's Get Back to Me and You   Let's Get Back To You And Me   Let\'s Get Back To Me And You   Let\'s Get Back To You And Me   Let's Get Back To Me And You   Let’s Get Back To Me and You   Life Keeps Bringin' Me Down   Life Keeps Bringing Me Down   Life or Love   Like Red On A Rose   Listen To Your Senses   Little Bitty   Little Man   Livin' On Love   Livin\' On Love   Livin' On Love   Living On Love   Long Hard Road   Long Long Way   Long Way To Go   Long Way To Go (Single)   Look At Me   Look Her in the Eye and Lie   Look Way to Go   Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man   Love Lifted Me   Love Like That   Love Song   Love's Got a Hold on You   Love\'s Got A Hold On You   Love's Got A Hold On You   Margaritaville   Margaritaville (Alan Jackson with Jimmy Buffett)   Margaritaville (Feat. Jimmy Buffet)   Margaritaville (with Jimmy Buffett)   Mary   Maybe I Should Stay Here   Meat and Potato Man   Mercury Blues   Merry Christmas To Me   Mexico, Tequila and Me   Midnight In Montgomery   Midnight in Montgomery [DVD]   Mind Your Own Business   Monday Morning Church   Murder On Music Row   Must've Had a Ball   Must\'ve Had A Ball   Must've Had A Ball   My Own Kind Of Hat   Never Loved Before   Nobody Said That It Would Be Easy   Nothin' Fancy   Nothin' Fancy   Nothing Left To Do   Nothing Sure Looked Good On You   O Come All Ye Faithful   O Come, All Ye Faithful   O How I Love Jesus   Once In A Lifetime   Once In A Lifetime Love   Once You've Had The Best   Once You\'ve Had The Best   Once You've Had The Best   Only Trust Him   Please Daddy (don't Get Drunk This Christmas)   Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)   Please Daddy Don't Get Drunk This Christmas   Please Daddy Don\'t Get Drunk This Christmas   Please, Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)   Pop A Top   Pop Ya Collar   Precious Memories   Rainy Day In June   Redneck Games (1995)   Remeber When   Remember When   Remember When [DVD]   Remember When By Alan Jackson   Revenooer Man   Revenoor Man   Right In The Palm Of Your Hand   Right On The Money   Right On The Money- By Alan Jackson   Right Where I Want You   Ring Of Fire   Ring of Fire [#]   Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer   Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town   Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town   Santa Claus Is Coming to Town   Santa's Gonna Come In A Pickup Truck   Santa\'s Gonna Come In A Pickup Truck   Santa\'s Gonna Come In A Pickup Truck (feat. The C...   Santa's Gonna Come In A Pickup Truck   Seven Bridges Road   She Don't Get High   She Don't Get The Blues   She Don't Know She's Beautiful   She Don\'t Get The Blues   She Don\'t Know She\'s Beautiful   She Don't Get High   She Don't Get The Blues   She Don't Know She's Beautiful   She Just Started Liking Cheatin' Songs   She Just Started Liking Cheatin\' Songs   She Just Started Liking Cheatin' Songs   She Just Started Liking Cheating Songs   She Likes It Too   She's Gone Country   She's Got Her Daddy's Money   She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)   She's Got The Rythm (And I Got The Blues)   She's Got The Rythm, I Got The Blues   She's Right On The Money   She\'s Got The Rhythm (And I Got The Blues)   She\'s Got The Rythm And I Have The Blues   She's Got The Rhythm   She's Got The Rhythm ( And I Got The Blues)   Short Sweet Ride   Silent Night   Silver Bells   Sissy's Song   Sissy\'s Song   Sissy's Song   Small Town Southern Man   So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore   So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore (Single)   So You Don't Have To Love...   So You Don't Have To Love Me Anymore   Softly And Tenderly   Someday   Someday Never Comes   Song For The Life   Standing On The Promises   Strong Enough   Summer Time Blues   Summertime Blues   Sure Got Cold After The Rain Fell   Sweet Hour of Prayer   Tail Lights Blue   Taillights Blue   Talk Is Cheap   Talkin' Song Repair Blues   Tall Tall Trees   Tall, Tall Trees   Tequila Sunrise   Thank God For The Radio   That September Day   That'd Be Alright   That'd Be Alright(2)   That's All I Need to Know   That's What I'd Be Like Without You   That's Where I Belong   That\'d Be Alright   That\'s All I Need To Know   That'd Be Alright   That's All I Need To Know   That's Where I Belong   The Angels Cried   The Angels Cried (Alan Jackson with Alison Krauss)   The Angles Cried With Jessica Andrews   The Best Keeps Getting Better   The Blues Man   The Blues Man (A Tribute To Hank Williams, Jr.)   The Blues Man: A Tribute to Hank Williams Jr.   The Christmas Song   The Christmas Story   The Firefly's Song   The Firefly's Song   The Horse-tamer’s Daughter   The Love Song   The Love Song: Jeff Bates   The Love Story   The Old Rugged Cross   The One You re Waiting On   The Sounds   The Talkin' Song Repair Blues   The Talkin\' Song Repair Blues   The Thrill Is Back   The Way I Am   There Goes   There Is a Time   There Is Power In The Blood   There Ya Go   There's A New Kid In Town   There's A New Kid In Town (Alan Jackson with Keith...   There\'s A New Kid In Town   There\'s A New Kid In Town (Alan Jackson with Keit...   There's A New Kid In Town   They Call Me A Playboy   Third Rate Romance   This Time   Three Minute Positive Not Too Country up - Tempo L...   Three Minute Positive Not Too Country Up-temp Love...   Three Minute Positive Not Too Country Up-Tempo Lov...   Thrill Is Back   Tie Me Down   Till The End   Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus   To Do What I Do   To Do What I Do (Live)   To Do What I Do [Live]   Tonight I Climbed the Wall   Too Much of a Good Thing   Too Much Of A Good Thing (Is A Good Thing)   Tropical Depression   True Love Is A Golden Ring   Trying Not To Love You   Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus   Under The Influence   Up to My Ears in Tears   USA Today   Wait a Minute   Walk On The Rocks   Walkin' The Floor Over Me   Walkin\' The Floor Over Me   Walkin' The Floor Over Me   Wanted   Way Beyond Blue   Way Down Yonder On The Chattahoochie   Way We Ball (Remix)   We're All God's Children   We're All God's Children   Were All Gods Children   What a Day Yesterday Was   What A Friend We Have In Jesus   What I Do   When Daddy Let Me Drive   When God Paints   When I Saw You Leaving   When I Saw You Leaving (for Nicey)   When I Saw You Leaving (For Nisey)   When Love Comes Around   When Somebody Loves You   When The Love Factor's High   When the Roll is Called Up Yonder   When We All Get To Heaven   Where Do I Go From Here   Where Do I Go From Here (A Trucker's Song)   Where I Come From   Where Were You   Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)   Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning) [L...   Wherever He Leads I'll Go   Wherever He Leads I’ll Go   Whistling Dixie   White Christmas   Who Am I   Who I Am   Who Says You Can't Have It All   Who Says You Can\'t Have It All   Who's Cheatin' Who   Who\'s Cheatin\' Who   Wild And Blue   Winter Wonderland   Woman's Love   Woman\'s Love   Work in Progress   Workin' Class Hero   Workin\' Class Hero   Working Class Hero   WWW.Memory   You Can Always Come Home   You Can't Give Up n Love   You Can't Give Up on Love   You Can\'t Give Up On Love   You Don't Have to Paint Me a Picture   You Don’t Have To Paint Me A Picture   You Go Your Way   You Never Know   You're Not Drinking Enough   You've Been Lonesome, Too

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