You cannot change this...

I'm listening to Melissa Etheridge's latest CD, "Lucky", and this song just gets to me every time...

"Tuesday Morning"

Up and down this road I go
Skippin' and dogin'
From a 44

10:03 on a Tuesday morning
In the fall of an American dream
A man is doing what he knows is right
On flight 93

He loved his mom and he loved his dad
He loved his home and he loved his man
But on that bloody Tuesday morning
He died and American

[chorus]
Now you cannot change this
You can't erase this
You can't pretend this is not the truth

Even though he could not marry
Or teach your children in our schools
Because who he wants to love
Is breaking your God's rules
He stood up on a Tuesday Morning
In the terror he was brave
And he made his choice
And without a doubt
A hundred lives he must have saved

[chorus]

And the things you might take for granted
Your inalienable rights
Some might choose to deny him
Even though he gave his life
Can you live with yourself in the land of the free
And make him less of a hero than the other three
Well it might begin to change ya
In a field in Pennsylvania

[chorus]

Stand up America
Hear the bell now as it tolls
Wake up America
It's Tuesday Morning
Come on let's roll

[chorus]

I'm feeling nostalgic today, so even though I know I'm too early US time, I'd like to quote Jack Killian's closing words at every episode of Midnight Caller: "Good night America, wherever you are."