Lyrics by Dawn Sinclair, everything else me. This is our tribute to the courage of the survivors of Katrina. A former #2.

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V1
Are you list’ning to the radio
Are reading all the news
Did you study all the horror pics
They put there to confuse
Are ya dipping in your pocket
And fumbling with the change
Or are you buying guns today
For the New Orleans range

CH1
Hey! C’mon boys! It’s happ'ning now and here
We should drink the cloudy water
Before it disappears
Hey! C’mon boys! In the year two thousand five
They are dying on the interstate
Just trying to stay alive.

V2
Did you get to do your packing
Before the waters came
I hope you brought a hairbrush
For your fifteen minutes fame
Has anyone called you "refugee"
As you're herded to the dome
You thought that overcrowding
Was a four room family home?

CH2
Hey! C’mon boys! It’s happ'ning now today
We have drunk their bottled water
And we've found somewhere to stay
Hey! C’mon boys! You just got to make the best
If life's been one long battle,
This might be our last test.

CH3
Hey Hey! C’mon boys, Katrina’s day is done
Don’t think of what you lost here
Just think of what you’ve won
Hey! C’mon boys! In the year two thousand five
No matter what they say or do
It takes courage to survive

It takes courage to survive.
It takes courage to survive.