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K Flood Blues

from Own Way Home 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 said hey-ya pockey oh-ah pockey way

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

I said hey-ya pockey oh-ah pockey 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 the 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
and good job Georgie, your daddy’s son
but could you drop down some water
from your Airforce One

I said hey-ya pockey oh-ah pockey way

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

hey-ya pockey oh-ah pockey way
hey-ya pockey oh-ah pockey way
hey-ya pockey oh-ah pockey way

credits

from Own Way Home, released November 13, 2012
Shamarr Allen, trumpet; Eric Bolivar, drums; Craig Klein, trombone; Mary Lasseigne, bass; Alex McMurray, electric guitar; Matt Perrine, sousaphone; Sonia Tetlow, acoustic guitar, banjo, tambourine & lead vocal; Harmony Vocals by Debbie Davis, Arséne DeLay, Mary Lasseigne & Shoeless Pashley.

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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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