Hurricane Angel-Ellis Paul

On the day the levee broke The water did rise, The flowers did choke I sat in my living room, Lit one last smoke Then 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 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 rowing to the Rio Grande Air Force One a blue streak in the sky Mr. President, You can't afford to lie Cause I can't afford to pay Hurricane Angel I'm 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? I'm laying on the floor of a trailer at night with sixteen refugees waiting on daylight I can't pay I caught a flatbed ford up to Baton Rouge with four worn out souls and one corkscrew You can drown New Orleans but you can't drown the blues so bartender pour away Exxon's having one hell of a year three bucks a gallon man they're making it clear that 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 thought I'd send a prayer your way 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 I'm 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? I'm laying on the floor of a trailer at night with sixteen refugees waiting on daylight I can't pay On the day the levee broke The water did rise and the flowers did choke I sat in my living room lit one last smoke and I watched it all drift away