Black East River - Matthew Logan Vasquez

As the taxi began to spin

Over the Williamsburg Bridge

The Haitian driver and my friend Ian

Do you remember the black East River?

As we danced at summer’s end

Marching strong on Governors Island

I begged you please, but you still said no

Do you sremember the black East River?

No, no, no, no, no

Six feet deep in toxic waste

I watched the news while I was out of state

An act of God took my guitar away

Do you remember the black East River?

No, no, no, no, no

Did you rehearse how to recall

Teenage kids, we watched the towers fall

Look out my window, see it stand so tall

I will remember the black East River

No, no, no, no, no

No, no, no, no, no