I was out in the yard
Taking down the bed sheets
When my neighbor yelled across
The president's been shot
I remember where I was
Just exactly where I was
In the yard out back
The president's been shot
I was getting me a shoe shine
Folding sheets
When I heard
We where waiting for a carriage
Newsboys
Suddenly there's shouting in the street
Lizzie's sheets
The president's been shot
I'll remember it forever
And I thought
Where I was, what I was doing
Something just broke
The president's been shot
(...my God)
I was up near the ridge plowing
We were working at the plant
I was halfway through correcting the exams
When my wife
It was Mike
She comes tearing 'cross the field
Mike the foreman
In runs Billy
I mean, he was crying
He was crying
She was crying
I'll remember it forever
And I thought
The president's been shot
You know what?
There are presidents who aren't worth a lot
I kept thinking
There's the kind that gets elected
then forgot
Mr Garfield
Mr Lincoln
He's a hack
Bill McKinley
He's a giant
He's a joke
Still, something just broke
The president is rallying
The president is sinking
The president is dead
Something just broke
I was down at the exchange
Something just made a little dent
I'd been shopping
I'd been sick
Something just broke
All I know it was a Friday
Only for a moment
I'll remember it exactly
Something got bent
I'm taking the order
Something just left a little mark
I was getting dressed
Two potato soups
Something just went a little dark
Something just went
And I wondered
I was scared of what would follow
Something to be mended
Made me wonder who we are
Something will have to weather
It was seeing all these torches
Bringing us all together
He was me
He was us
If only for a moment
I'll remember it forever
Nothing has really ended
Where I was
What I was doing
Only just been suspended
Like a flash
Cause something just stirred
And I thought
And I thought to myself
And I thought
Something just broke
And I thought
I kept thinking
Something just spoke
Something I wish I hadn't heard
Something bewildering occurred
Fix it up fast, please
'til it's just smoke
'til it's only something just passed
Nothing that will last
Where I was
What I was doing
Nothing but the moment
Just an awful moment
Something just...

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