Karaoke Hurricane The Band of Heathens

Thirty miles on the Gulf Stream

I hear the south wind moan

The bridges getting lower the shrimp boats coming home

The old man down in the quarter slowly turns his head

Takes a sip from his whiskey bottle and this is what he said

I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain

Underneath the Louisiana moon

Don't mind the strain of a hurricane they come around every June

High black water a devil's daughter

She's hard she's cold and she's mean

But nobody taught her it takes a lot of water to wash away New Orleans

Man came down from Chicago he gonna set that levee right

He says, it needs to be at least three feet higher

It won't make it through the night

But the old man down in the quarter

He said don't you listen to that boy

The water be down by the morning and he'll be back to Illinois

I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain

Underneath the Louisiana moon

Don't mind the strain of a hurricane they come around every June

High black water a devil's daughter

She's hard she's cold and she's mean

But nobody taught her it takes a lot of water to wash away New Orleans

Thirty miles on the Gulf Stream

I hear the South wind moan

Bridges getting lower the shrimp boats coming home

The old man down in the quarter slowly turns his head

Takes a drink from his whiskey bottle and this is what he said

I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain

Underneath the Louisiana moon

Don't mind the strain of a hurricane they come around every June

High black water a devil's daughter

She's hard she's cold and she's mean

But nobody taught her it takes a lot of water to wash away New Orleans

I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain

Underneath the Louisiana moon

I don't mind the strain of a hurricane they come around every June

The high black water a devil's daughter

She's hard she's cold and she's mean

But nobody taught her it takes a lot of water to wash away New Orleans

But nobody taught her it takes a lot of water to wash away New Orleans

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