Kingdom Come Lyrics - Paradise - Judy Collins

It was seven months since 9/11 

And the work was almost done 

It was seven months since 9/11 

And the work had just begun 

Ground Zero lit the evening sky 

Like a beacon through the heart 

The searchlights drove through Heaven's doors 

And blew them far apart 

A few miles north on the Hudson River 

We had gathered for a sort of wake 

Nobody felt like celebrating 

But the Firemen needed some kind of break 

They'd been to so many funerals 

And seen so many God-awful sights 

They'd been to Ground Zero from dawn to dusk 

And round the clock some nights 

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To Kingdom come, to hell and gone 

To somewhere far away 

Where murder doesn't break the heart 

On a sunny day 

I was all dressed up like the rest of the crowd 

At the Roxy Club that night 

The men and women in Uniform 

Tried hard to keep it light 

Kevin Bacon played and sang 

And folks began to smile 

Chris Bodi played his silver horn 

With rhythm and with style 

I sang my song Amazing Grace 

And people laughed and cried 

Ronan Tynan sang Danny Boy and 

Not an eye was dry 

Steve Buscemi spoke of life 

At Engine 55, 

Of how these heroes 

Stayed the course and 

Saved so many lives 

Photos 

To Kingdom come, to hell and gone 

To somewhere far away 

Where murder doesn't break the heart 

On a sunny day 

A burly man with a handsome face 

Stuck out his hand and smiled 

Say, meet my wife, we like your songs 

We've been with you mile for mile 

Though he had a rugged face 

I knew I saw the hurt 

Then he pointed to a spot above the collar of his shirt. 

Just look here on the back of my neck, 

There's a tattoo, can you see? 

Just right here, I got up close 

And saw the number 343, 

The number of the Firemen 

Who were lost upon that day 

The numbers of those heroes, 

Ground Zero was their grave 

To Kingdom come, to hell and gone 

To somewhere far away 

Where murder doesn't break the heart 

On a sunny day 

Those firemen loaded up with gear 

Climbed to their death's that day 

Along with all the other hundreds 

Blasted on their way 

Police and EMS and those 

On whom death took its toll 

And more whose dreams will never dawn, 

More than three thousand souls 

I left the party after that 

I could not stay my tears, 

For all our gifts for all our hopes 

For all our nameless fears 

For all our heroes, men and women 

Lost on that black day 

Those firemen with courage 

In their hearts so strong and brave, 

Who made sure in their final hours 

There were 30,000 saved. 

They've gone to where there are no tears 

And every heart is gay, 

And they won't be forgotten on a sunny day 

To Kingdom come, to hell and gone 

To somewhere far away 

Where murder doesn't break the heart 

On a sunny day 

Where murder doesn't break the heart 

On a sunny day.