The Levee Broke

Woke up Monday morning And I saw it on TV. High water flowing In the streets of New Orleans Called up the President, Called up in Baton Rouge, But all they said was the levées done broke And there ain't nothing they could do. The levee broke way down in Plaquemine, The levee broke down in a Montegut, Seems like the whole damn world is sinking, I must be sinking too. Somebody call out a warning, Somebody come to my rescue, Looks like I'm gonna have to start swimming, If I want to make it back to you. John Breaux said it Time and time and again. If we don't stop this Coastal Erosion, We're all gonna fall right in. I see it happening Each and every day, It's just like ole Randy Newman said We all gonna wash away. My old papa said it, Sometimes you gotta take what you can get. But if you love something and you want to keep it, Better treat it with respect. Seven generations, Stuck here in the mud, But the only way that I'll be leaving Louisiana Is if I'm swept away in a flood. The levee broke Way down in Plaquemine Way down in Lakeview Way over to the 9th ward Way down in St. Bernard Way over in Gentilly Way down in Arabi Down in Pointe à la Hache Way down in Belle chasse Way down in New Orleans.