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by Hurricane Survivor, New Orleans, Louisiana

Who tried to steal this city of mine Hurricane Katrina.....A moment in time

Why did this happen to a city so unique We can point to and blame the Government For being so very weak

Our levees were dismissed Since the days of Governor Long For the Government should've secured them And made them big & strong

So is it any wonder That Katrina came to be And swallowed up the city For the whole world to see

It destroyed our people and the culture we all love As they scrambled & screamed for help from above And that help came so slow, as lives & homes were lost For as the storm grew, the city paid the cost

Where once there was Jazz and Gumbo And dancing in the streets The city became silent As we wept in disbelief

The faces of the helpless Will forever remain real clear As the city tries to recover And struggles from year to year

The Jazz will return to Bourbon And the Steamboats will roll along But Hurricane Katrina In our hearts will live on

For when history is recorded And New Orleans is defined We'll always remember Katrina More than a moment in time!