September 12 Lyrics - David Wilcox

Long ago they built this fort of stone above the Hudson 

To guard against intruders, there were cannons in these walls 

But now it's just a park where we can come and bring the children 

On a clear sunny morning in the fall 

The reason for this fortress was the threat of foreign warships 

And though these walls were ready, no gunboats reached our shores 

But you kids can climb the tower and look out across the harbor 

And imagine being lookouts for the enemy at war 

But you never see it coming anymore 

Now we're on the frontlines like stepping over landmines 

Not beneath our footsteps but never far away 

And now the possibility, the presence of the enemy 

It could be any city, maybe any peaceful day 

It's a clear sunny morning, but it's nothing like before 

Cause you never see it coming anymore 

It's a different kind of peace, cause it's a different kind of war 

And you never see it coming anymore 

These kids have learned some history and they know what warfare used to be 

Tanks and guns and soldiers that moved across the land 

With strategies and battlelines converging at a place in time 

And lives were lost for reasons that the world could understand 

On the History Channel war can look exactly like before 

When you were certain it was over by the ticker tape parade 

They could come back home to safety, they could celebrate the victory 

And the landmines were all buried 'cross the ocean far away 

But a different kind of war has reached our shore 

And you never see it coming anymore 

Now we're on the frontlines like stepping over landmines 

Not beneath this pavement but never far away 

And now the possibility, the presence of the enemy 

It could be any city, maybe any peaceful day 

It's a clear sunny morning, but it's nothing like before 

Cause you never see it coming anymore 

It's a different kind of peace, cause it's a different kind of war 

And you never see it coming anymore