Hurricane-The Band of Heathens

[00:15.099]Thirty miles on the Gulf Stream [00:18.097]I hear the south wind moan [00:21.838]The bridges getting lower [00:25.385]Shrimp boats coming home [00:29.092]The old man down in the Quarter [00:32.793]Slowly turns his head [00:37.110]Takes a sip from his whiskey bottle [00:40.243]And this is what he said [00:43.740]I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain [00:47.315]Underneath the Louisiana moon [00:51.294]I don't mind the strain of a hurricane [00:54.869]They come around every June [00:58.695]High black water, a devil's daughter [01:01.975]She's hard, she's cold and she's mean [01:06.028]But nobody taught her it takes a lot of water [01:09.642]To wash away New Orleans [01:15.424] [01:16.431]Man came down from Chicago [01:18.561]He gonna set that levee right [01:22.225]He says, "It needs to be at least three feet higher [01:26.202]It won't make it through the night" [01:29.776]But the old man down in the Quarter [01:33.295]He said don't you listen to that boy [01:37.427]The water be down by the morning [01:40.635]And he'll be back to Illinois [01:44.716] [01:46.516]I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain [01:50.025]Underneath the Louisiana Moon [01:53.965]I don't mind the strain of a hurricane [01:57.582]They come around every June [02:01.692]High black water, a devil's daughter [02:04.858]She's hard, she's cold and she's mean [02:08.879]But nobody taught her it takes a lot of water [02:12.609]To wash away New Orleans [02:15.253] [02:51.953]Thirty miles on the Gulf Stream [02:54.922]I hear the South wind moan [02:58.778]Bridges getting lower [03:02.330]Shrimp boats coming home [03:06.146]The old man down in the Quarter [03:09.753]Slowly turns his head [03:13.985]Takes a drink from his whiskey bottle [03:17.363]And this is what he said [03:24.025] [03:26.108]I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain [03:29.832]Underneath the Louisiana Moon [03:33.967]I don't mind the strain of a hurricane [03:37.472]They come around every June [03:41.188]High black water, a devil's daughter [03:44.437]She's hard, she's cold and she's mean [03:48.538]But nobody taught her it takes a lot of water [03:52.194]To wash away New Orleans [03:56.537] [03:57.652]I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain [04:01.204]Underneath the Louisiana Moon [04:05.189]I don't mind the strain of a hurricane [04:08.690]They come around every June [04:12.434]High black water, a devil's daughter [04:15.838]She's hard, she's cold and she's mean [04:19.791]But nobody taught her it takes a lot of water [04:23.527]To wash away New Orleans [04:27.785]