Hurricane Angel
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On the day the levee broke
The water did rise, the flowers did choke
I sat in my living room, lit one last smoke
And I watched it all drift away
Now my credit card's ringing up at thirty percent
There's a man in India wondering where the money went
But I, I can't pay
So I sat on my roof in Lake Pontchartrain
Singing woe to my chimney, singing woe to the rain
A stranger came by, I never caught his name
He said he's woeing to the Rio Grande
Now Air Force One, a blue streak in the sky
Mr. President, you can afford to lie
'Cause I, I can't afford to pay
Hurricane Angel, oh, lifting my eyes over Baton Rouge
Lift up your wings, let me hear your voice singing
Can you turn these black skies to blue again?
Oh, I'm laying on the floor of a trailer at night
With sixteen refugees waiting on daylight
I, I, I can't pay
I caught a flatbed Ford up to Baton Rouge
With four worn out souls and one old corkscrew
You can drown New Orleans, but you can't drown the blues
Bartender, pour away
Now Exxon's having one hell of a year
Three bucks a gallon, man, they're making it clear
That I, I can't pay
Lord, Lord, Lord, we haven't spoken in many a day
I got myself in trouble down in the ninth ward
I thought I'd send a prayer your way
Now on my windowsill's a stack of insurance bills
A man in Delaware says I can't have the pills
Until I can pay
Hurricane Angel, oh, lifting my eyes over Baton Rouge
Lift up your wings, let me hear your voice singing
Can you turn these black skies to blue again?
Oh, I'm laying on the floor of a trailer at night
With sixteen refugees waiting on daylight
I, I, I can't pay
Somebody should pay
On the day the levee broke
The water did rise, the flowers did choke
I sat in my living room, lit one last smoke
And I watched it all drift away