So Long, It's Been Good to Know You (Dusty Old Dust) by Woody Guthrie

The dust cloud affected everyone around the towers literally, some died from the dust they inhaled. Some were sickened for life.
But we all lost a way of life when the towers fell. The world we knew changed over night. The weeks before "New York" magazine featured jet skiers on the Hudson then suddenly, we were at war. We needed a passport to get below Houston. I was cleaning houses to support myself as a painter. I could see the change in dust and grit that wiped off my clients furniture. Some moved away after that. I sang this song a lot.

A dust storm hit, an' it hit like thunder;
It dusted us over, an' it covered us under;
Blocked out the traffic an' blocked out the sun,
Straight for home all the people did run,
Singin':

So long, it's been good to know yuh;
So long, it's been good to know yuh;
So long, it's been good to know yuh.
This dusty old dust is a-gettin' my home,
And I got to be driftin' along.

We talked of the end of the world, and then
We'd sing a song an' then sing it again.
We'd sit for an hour an' not say a word,
And then these words would be heard:

So long, it's been good to know yuh;
So long, it's been good to know yuh;
So long, it's been good to know yuh.
This dusty old dust is a-gettin' my home,
And I got to be driftin' along.

Linda Griggs