
Anthony Pisciotta
Season 2021 Episode 27 | 5m 33sVideo has Closed Captions
Anthony is a retired postal worker & wrote many of his songs while completing deliveries.
Anthony is a retired postal worker, and like John Prine, he wrote many of his songs while completing his daily deliveries. He is not a professional musician, but has been playing and writing the last 50 years. The song “First Responders” is the story of a first responder who runs into the towers on 9/11. In the last few months he included a last verse to honor the hospital workers fighting COVID.
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Anthony Pisciotta
Season 2021 Episode 27 | 5m 33sVideo has Closed Captions
Anthony is a retired postal worker, and like John Prine, he wrote many of his songs while completing his daily deliveries. He is not a professional musician, but has been playing and writing the last 50 years. The song “First Responders” is the story of a first responder who runs into the towers on 9/11. In the last few months he included a last verse to honor the hospital workers fighting COVID.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(gentle music) ♪ Well I woke up this morning ♪ ♪ To the smell of something burning ♪ ♪ And my wife joked and said that toast is yours ♪ ♪ And my daughter's ears were plugged in ♪ ♪ I thought I'd get a hug in ♪ ♪ Before her red hair ran out the door ♪ ♪ And I barely sipped the house blend ♪ ♪ Before my wife, she gripped my hand ♪ ♪ She was staring at the TV screen ♪ ♪ And I turned around and so did my world ♪ ♪ We both watched as it all unfurled ♪ ♪ And I swear nothing was ever the same ♪ ♪ But we never asked why ♪ ♪ I was just one of the guys ♪ ♪ We both knew what I had to do ♪ ♪ And I looked in my wife's eyes ♪ ♪ The quickest of goodbyes ♪ ♪ I just kissed her and I whispered ♪ ♪ I love you ♪ ♪ Well I knew that I was counted on ♪ ♪ To be someone who first responds ♪ ♪ And I never had a doubt ♪ ♪ But as I ran up the stairs ♪ ♪ People crying and people scared ♪ ♪ I thought maybe this time ♪ ♪ I won't make it out ♪ ♪ But we never asked why ♪ ♪ I was just one of the guys ♪ ♪ I was doing what I had to do ♪ ♪ And this morning in my wife's eyes ♪ ♪ The quickest of goodbyes ♪ ♪ I just kissed her and I whispered ♪ ♪ I love you ♪ (gentle music) ♪ But I did survive and I did ask why ♪ ♪ So many friends had to die ♪ ♪ And I worked the site to honor them ♪ ♪ But I was poisoned by the air there ♪ ♪ And my wife cries it isn't fair ♪ ♪ But we both knew ♪ ♪ I'd soon be joining them ♪ ♪ But we never asked why ♪ ♪ I was just one of the guys ♪ ♪ We were doing what we had to do ♪ ♪ And now we look in each other's eyes ♪ ♪ To find a way to say goodbye ♪ ♪ We just kiss and whisper ♪ ♪ I love you ♪ ♪ No, we never asked why ♪ ♪ I was just one of the guys ♪ ♪ We both knew what I had to do ♪ ♪ And now we look in each other's eyes ♪ ♪ To find a way to say goodbye ♪ ♪ We just kiss and whisper ♪ ♪ I love you ♪ ♪ We just kiss and whisper ♪ ♪ I love you ♪ ♪ Oh this song is done but I felt compelled ♪ ♪ To add a verse, there was more to tell ♪ ♪ About this wife, how she survived ♪ ♪ And though her husband is six years gone ♪ ♪ Now she's the one who first responds ♪ ♪ She's a nurse in this COVID fire ♪ ♪ But she never asked why ♪ ♪ As she starts her shift each night ♪ ♪ Till I heard and (indistinct) ♪ ♪ And I hope she understands ♪ ♪ As she holds her loved one's hands ♪ ♪ What she means to us ♪ ♪ Those hands that we can't hold ♪ ♪ No she never asked why ♪ ♪ As she's working overtime ♪ ♪ Her shift is done, but she won't go home ♪ ♪ And I hope she understands ♪ ♪ As she holds her loved one's hands ♪ ♪ In our hearts, she's our hero ♪ ♪ In our hearts, she's our hero ♪ ♪ Just like her husbands wants so many years ago ♪


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