The following post appeared in this space on September 11, 2008, under the title "Seven Years Of Bad Luck".
I've updated the title to reflect the passage of 13 years -- oh look! another lucky number!
The lyric, of course, is by Stevie Wonder, and each line is a link to an article previously published here concerning the events of 9/11 and the Global War on Terror, as it was called at the time.
If you don't want to be reminded of how we got here, please don't click any of these links -- certainly not all of them!
Very superstitious / writings on the wall
Very superstitious / ladders 'bout to fall
Thirteen month old baby / broke the lookin' glass
Seven years of bad luck / the good things in your past
When you believe in things / that you don't understand / then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way
Very superstitious / wash your face and hands
Rid me of the problem / do all that you can
Keep me in a daydream / keep me goin' strong
You don't wanna save me / sad is my song
When you believe in things / that you don't understand / then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way
Very superstitious / nothin' more to say
Very superstitious / the devil's on his way
Thirteen month old baby / broke the lookin' glass
Seven years of bad luck / good things in your past
When you believe in things / that you don't understand
then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way / no, no, no, no, no