The Bravest by Tom Paxton

Tom Paxton wrote this amazing tribute to the firefighters just weeks after 9/11 and gave it to Garrison Keillor to sing on Prairie Home Companion. I do not know how he wrote it so quickly, nor how GK was able to sing it just weeks after the events. I'm sure Tom has recorded it, but if there is any way to get Garrison's it is astonishing. I cannot even quote the line "they were pounding up the stairs while we were running down" without crying. Since 9/11 I always salute firetrucks when they pass by. This song will tell you why.

Joe Barna