What has happened down here is the wind had changed
Clouds roll in from the north and it started to rain
It rained real hard, and it rained for a real long time
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline
The river rose all day, the river rose all night
Some people got lost in the flood, some people got away all right
The river has busted through clear down to Plaquemines
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline
Louisiana, Louisiana
They're trying to wash us away, they're trying to wash us away
Louisiana, Louisiana
They're trying to wash us away, they're trying to wash us away
President Coolidge come down, in a railroad train
With a little fat man with a notepad in his hand
President say, "Little fat man, isn't it a shame
What the river has done to this poor cracker's land?"
Louisiana, Louisiana
They're trying to wash us away, they're trying to wash us away
Louisiana, Louisiana
They're trying to wash us away, they're trying to wash us away
They're trying to wash us away, they're trying to wash us away
—"Louisiana 1927," Randy Newman (iTunes)
This is beautiful blogging, M.C-
Even though this is horrific.
Posted by: mezzogregory | Sep 03, 2005 at 10:10 PM