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K Flood Blues

from InRetro by Sonia Tetlow

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2005
August time
the heat is getting hotter
and a storm is on the rise
so batten down the hatches
and abandon the ship
a change is a-coming
and it's blowing on the wind
say goodbye to New Orleans

the wind is whipping hard
the trees are bent and broken
the water is churning
and the cameras are rolling
looks like the big one
prophesized for years
it's the oldest of stories
but we never did believe
it could fly in New Orleans

I say hey ya pocky oh ah pocky way

come Tuesday morning
and the skies are clear
but the levees done blown
there ain't no getting outta here
mother and father
and little sister too
I told you to leave
now what am I gonna do
I don't know how
to get you out of New Orleans

I say hey ya pocky oh ah pocky way

a million calls
dropped every time
cuz there ain't no cell service
not a dry land line
and I want to believe
that help is on its way
but it's been 5 days long
of watching people dehydrate
dying on the streets of New Orleans

That's in the United States of America

so good job Brownie
way to go
the CNN news knows more than you know
good job Georgie
your daddy's son
but could you drop down some water
from your Airforce One?

yah, pocky oh ah pocky way

I want to thank you Dietmar
for getting the canoe
floating my family to the entrance of the school
thank you Coast Guard
for picking them up
flying them safely
to the Causeway Exit drop
thank you Tania
for sneaking through the lines
5,000 in the airport
she found them just in time

I say hey ya pocky oh ah pocky way
I say hey ya pocky oh ah pocky way
I say hey ya pocky oh ah pocky way

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from InRetro, released December 21, 2011
Lee Kennedy on bass.
Linda Bolley on drums.

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Sonia Tetlow Atlanta, Georgia

Sonia Tetlow is musician who studies the craft of song, a songwriter who performs with abandon, giving herself freely to the moment of live music making. Her music blends Atlanta indie and hints of punk rock with the New Orleans rhythms of her roots. She has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with artists such as Patti Smith, Indigo Girls, and Paul Sanchez and the Rolling Road Show. ... more

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