New Orleans

(K. Brown)

When the hard wind blowed
and the levee's broke
I lost everything I owned
the whole life I known

And as the water rose deep
some of us were left sleeping
now I don't care if I grow old
in New Orleans

And that Divine Wind
washed away all our sins
But the Easy she ain't no heaven
don't ever want to go back there again

And in the parrishes where we live our lives
every day was for the livin'
But the water came and drowned it all
now I got no beads for giving

And as the water rose deep ...

And now as the wind subsides
and the water is receding
I don't care if I grow old
in New Orleans