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Trouble in the Water (song lyrics) |
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by Paul Kotheimer
Email: herringb (nospam) prairienet.org (verified) |
08 Sep 2005
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to the tune of the African-American spiritual "Wade in the Water." mp3 coming soon. |
TROUBLE IN THE WATER
CHORUS
Wade in the water.
Wade in the water, children.
Wade in the water.
We got trouble in the water.
CALL: Well, a |storm was a coming, everyone said so.
RESPONSE: (Trouble--. Trouble--.)
Said it was |bowling 'round the Gulf of Mexico.
RESPONSE: (Trouble--. Trouble--.)
Pack |up your shrimp-boats now and haul in your nets!
RESPONSE: (Trouble--. Trouble--.)
Said it's a |category 5, and that's as bad as it gets.
Come on and... [CHORUS]
Now, the |walls of the levee were thick and high
RESPONSE: (Trouble--. Trouble--.)
For to |keep the mausoleums in the cemetery dry.
RESPONSE: (Trouble--. Trouble--.)
But then the |hurricane hit, and the levees went down.
RESPONSE: (Trouble--. Trouble--.)
And then the |water, oh the water, innundated the town.
RESPONSE: (Trouble--. Trouble--.)
|"S. O. S.!" was the message we sent.
RESPONSE: (Trouble--. Trouble--.)
Where the |hell was FEMA and the government?
Come on and... [CHORUS]
Now, they |didn't have a plan down at the nursing home.
RESPONSE: (Trouble--. Trouble--.)
Dropped my |granma in her chair down at the Superdome.
RESPONSE: (Trouble--. Trouble--.)
The |sign said, "Looters will be shot on sight."
RESPONSE: (Trouble--. Trouble--.)
Tell me, |what am I supposed to feed my babies tonight?
Come on and... [CHORUS]
Now, if I |do not survive this hurricane,
RESPONSE: (Trouble--. Trouble--.)
Throw my |body with the bilge in Lake Ponchartrain,
And I will... [CHORUS, 2x] |
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