Story Behind The Song
I wrote this song after Hurricane Katrina did its damage. It tried to picture the thoughts of someone who was stranded on their rooftop as the water rose higher and higher.
| Song Length |
3:45 |
Genre |
Folk - Americana, Folk - Contemporary |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Gloomy, Poignant |
Subject |
Doom, Numbness |
| Similar Artists |
Arlo Guthrie, Cat Stevens |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Ooo...this rain outside my window
Ooo...ain't just another storm
Ooo...never seen it like this
In all the years gone down since I was born
Old folks would tell me
The 1900 hurricane
How it washed away the people
Looks like this will do the same
Ooo... Wind screaming like a mother
Whose babe's been torn and tossed out of her sight
She screams and cries, with no one there to answer
Ooo...There's terror in this night
Water's near my rooftop
I'm trying to hold on
But waves are washing over me
Soon I will be gone
(Bridge)
Momma, momma looks like I'll be drowning
Want to close my eyes, and gently float away
Can't bear to hear these voices all around me
Friends and strangers, all dying the same way
Ooo, water's getting higher
Ooo, don't think that I can swim
Ooo, I think I'm going under
This is the end of the life I'm living in
Maybe I'll make the paper
Maybe page thirty-three
Listed with the other
Footnotes of history
Oo.... (fade with chord progression)