Less we forget, I am sharing these tunes with many. The lyrics below were written by one of the members of the Boston Marathon Medals Team volunteers.
To the tune of the M.T.A. song by the Kingston Trio:
Well let me tell you all a story about Marathon Monday, on a tragic and fateful day
runners pinned on their numbers, kissed their wives and families, left Hopkinton for Boston’s Back Bay
chorus: Well did they all cross the finish, no not all crossed the finish, and our lives are forever changed
people fell in the street less than a mile to the finish an act of terror ruined a bright and beautiful day
Through Natik and Newton and up Heartbreak Hill, runners raced to the Citgo and Fenway
thousands cheering, handing water and high five motivation on this bright, clear Patriots Day
chorus:…
Some runners got as far as the Kenmore Square Station, but were stopped at a quarter to three
if they had gotten to Boylston they’d they’d have seen bombs exploding with blood on the finish line street
chorus:
All day long runners cried for rhyme and reason to find what had happened and who
would blast this great city with such horror and carnage as the maimed and the suffering that day knew
chorus:
Now you citizens of Boston don’t you think it’s dreadful, we were under attack that day
fight this terror in our cities for the safety of our people, end this evil put on the U.S.A.
To the tune of This Land is Your Land by Woody Guthrie:
This land is your land,this land is my land from the Boston Marathon to the Ground Zero island
from Newtown Connecticut to the Aurora theater, good people must fight to be free.
As I was standing just past the finish line I heard to my left a bomb exploding
I saw above me the smoke was billowing, good people must fight to be free
Friends were running dazed from the blast as the sirens pierced like the nails and broken glass
Yet all around me life’s spirit was responding, good people must fight to be free
Runners had to quit running sights and sounds were numbing
as the smoke was clearing there was no understanding, still people came with open hands rebuilding
good people will fight to be free.
Again to the tune of This Land…
This run is your run, this run is my run from the start at Hopkinton to the finish in Boston
through the streets of Wellesley and up Heartbreak Hill, this run brings out the best in you an me
On Patriots Day nations run with each other; both genders, young and old in any kind of weather
building lives for themselves and many others, this run brings out the best in you and me
for over twenty six miles thousands are cheering giving out food and water and medals for finishing
helping people with their dreams they are fulfilling, this run brings out the best in you and me
when danger becomes real, fear is a choice and evil will not win as long as good men have a voice
bad always loses to good and people will rejoice
and finally :
4/18/75 – 4/15/13
There was no midnight ride of Paul Revere this time
to warn family and friends before the sirens whine
as thousands of runners approached the finish line
no lanterns, no lights only innocence of the coming fight
for our country’s peace and freedom from an evil plight
the havoc and tragedy about to unwind