[00:09.49]A young man came to a house of prayer
[00:14.85]They did not ask what brought him there
[00:20.36]He was not friend, he was not kin
[00:25.63]But they opened the door and let him in
[00:31.24]
[00:32.29]And for an hour the stranger stayed
[00:37.49]He sat with them and seemed to pray
[00:42.70]But then the young man drew a gun
[00:47.93]And killed nine people, old and young
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[01:01.32]In Charleston in the month of June
[01:06.30]The mourners gathered in a room
[01:11.49]The President came to speak some words
[01:16.42]And the cameras rolled and the nation heard
[01:21.45]
[01:22.40]But no words could say what must be said
[01:26.99]For all the living and the dead
[01:31.61]So on that day and in that place
[01:37.42]The President sang Amazing Grace
[01:43.81]The President sang Amazing Grace
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[02:01.63]We argued where to place the blame
[02:06.15]On one man's hate or our nation's shame
[02:11.38]Some sickness of the mind or soul
[02:16.81]And how the wounds might be made whole
[02:21.50]
[02:22.28]But no words could say what must be said
[02:27.25]For all the living and the dead
[02:31.45]So on that day and in that place
[02:36.86]The President sang Amazing Grace
[02:43.19]My President sang Amazing Grace