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Winds a howlin\' people dyin\' rain drops a droppin\'\r\nMake waves filling up the city and killing people\r\n\r\nLifting casino motels off the ground and throwin\' them across town\r\nKillin\' everyone in its…

Katrina

Savage winds powerful rain making lives joyless\r\nPeople feeling Godforsaken\r\nYoung ones frightened\r\nAunts, uncles, cousins, brothers, sisters, moms, dads, all devastated\r\nUnusual things have happened, unspeakable…

The Unspeakable

\r\nFrightened Katrina victims\r\nHomes are destroyed, broken into pieces\r\n\r\nDevastated Katrina victims\r\nFamilies split up by death\r\nLeaden spirits roam around looking for their families\r\n\r\nFear swims through…

Untitled

Lives were destroyed\r\nHouses were demolished\r\nWill there ever be hope?\r\nWill New Orleans ever be again?\r\n\r\nChildren were terrified\r\nMany people are upset\r\nPeople, children, and pets are homeless\r\nWill…

Hurricane Katrina

Kids hopeless and homeless\r\nAll feel misplaced and neglected\r\nTerror, fright, and horror surround\r\nRestless, spiritless, helpless\r\nIgnored, struggling families\r\nNew Orleans, never forgotten\r\nAnxiety and…

Katrina

\r\nBoats sailing on land\r\nBodies floating like dead fish\r\nHouses bulldozed over by Mother Nature\r\n\r\nHope\r\nDesperation\r\nGenerosity\r\n\r\nAn enclosed field of imitation dwellings\r\nStaircases leading to…

Seen

There is an old saying I truly believe\r\nThat says God moves in mysterious ways\r\nI always wondered why\r\nHow true the saying has evolved today\r\nAs nature reaps its wretched ways\r\nUpon our troubled times\r\nSo now…

Rita Is Her Name

If I had legs that were very strong\r\nIf I had some youth to push me along\r\n\r\nIf I had the means to feed a lot\r\nIf I had a boat to get me to that spot\r\n\r\nI would go to the people in distress\r\nI would help do…

With You In Mind

You took away my memories\r\nYou took away my past\r\nYou took away the old oak trees\r\nYou drown them in your path\r\n\r\nI used to play at Ponchatrain\r\nBuilding castles in the sand\r\nAnd watched the dancers in the…

Katrina

August 2005\r\nHurricane Katrina\r\nWanted no man alive\r\n\r\nThe Good Ol Boys\r\nSaid Head to the Dome\r\nFor those who can\'t get out on your own...\r\nAnd they left us here all alone\r\n\r\nAnd we are…

The Day The Levee…