I've not ever seen The Fantasticks (an off-Broadway musical from the 60s). In fact, the first time I heard of it was when the show's run ended in 2001, soon after 9/11. NPR ran a story about it and played the song as tribute. I cried like a baby as I listened to the story with the context of 9/11 in my mind.
As the anniversary of 9/11/01 approaches, I "try to remember" the lives lost on that terrible day, the heroes who gave their lives to save others, and how the event deeply touched us as well as the hearts of so many Americans and the world ... I hope that we can then follow these fine examples and do our best to restore what was lost that day to a time "when life was so tender ..."
Try to remember when life was so tender
That no one wept except the willow.
Try to remember when life was so tender
That dreams were kept beside your pillow.
Try to remember when life was so tender
That love was an ember about to billow.
Try to remember, and if you remember,
Then follow.
That no one wept except the willow.
Try to remember when life was so tender
That dreams were kept beside your pillow.
Try to remember when life was so tender
That love was an ember about to billow.
Try to remember, and if you remember,
Then follow.
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