I said I wasn't going to do this* and I tried to avoid it, but I heard Bruce singing this today. Rise up,he said.

*"This" being allowing myself to join in this national weekend of mourning.

Ironically, Bruce wrote this song before 9/11/01.

"The song was written in November 2000, for an Asbury Park, New Jersey Christmas show benefit to help promote the revitalization of the city."