Song, "33 Gone", The Fabulous Dialtones, 2008 (Ms2008-020)

Title

Song, "33 Gone", The Fabulous Dialtones, 2008 (Ms2008-020)

Description

Song written by Anthony V. Bardo and performed by The Fabulous Dialtones in response to the April 16, 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech.

Date

Rights

Copyright A. Bardo 2008. Used with permission. https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/

Format

audio/wav

Language

English

Type

Identifier

Ms2008-020_B282_F4_2008

Bibliographic Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Virginia Tech April 16, 2007 Archives of the University Libraries, Ms2008-020, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Rights Holder

Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

Transcription

Didn’t see it coming, couldn’t read the clues
A troubled man who figured he had nothing left to lose
Sunday evening in the Blue Ridge and everything seemed alright
26,000 innocent people settled for the night
They came from almost everywhere. They came from all around.
Looking for the dream life in this special little town
The campus wakes up unaware that something’s going wrong.
They wake up to the day they’d never knew would last so long.

Chorus:
32 Lives – start the day they thought they’d be with all their friends
32 Tried – to do the best they could to see them all again.
32 Died – with the one who wanted everything to end.
33 Gone, 33 Gone

Bridge:
And the families are driven to the depths of their despair
The press keeps asking questions, but do they really care
“Why would you want to stay here? What took so very long?”
But hindsight won’t retrieve them and they’ve got the story wrong, so wrong.
Now the small town’s innocence has cruelly gone away.
Lost the peaceful feeling that they had most every day.
How will we take care of all the loved ones left behind?
Candles, colors, flowers only last a short, short time.
And I want to know why did they all have to die
Yeah, I want to know where and when and how
‘Cause I wanna believe that if we can all grieve
Then we can begin to heal right here and now

Chorus

Duration

00:04:38

Bit Rate/Frequency

1411.2 kbps

Citation

The Fabulous Dialtones, “Song, "33 Gone", The Fabulous Dialtones, 2008 (Ms2008-020),” VT Special Collections and University Archives Online, accessed March 29, 2024, http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/Ms2008-020/Ms2008-020_B282_F4_2008.