Name: Lay Down Big Easy
Duration: 4 min 38 s
Channel: James Curley
Description: "Lay Down Big Easy" is a song by James Curley and Radio Fade. My response to the fate of post-Katrina New Orleans. We need the Big Easy to heal and come back stronger than ever, with or without government. please do what you can.

Lay Down Big Easy

James Curley and Radio Fade

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My response to the fate of post-Katrina New Orleans. We need the Big Easy to heal and come back stronger than ever, with or without government. please do what you can.

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James Curley and Radio Fade

Songwriter James Curley and his band, Radio Fade, perform rhythmic, rootsy Americana-tinged Folk Rock in the tradition of The Band, Little Feat, Allman Brothers

James Curley & Radio Fade perform lyrically literate original acoustic-electric classic American folk-rock in the tradition of The Band, The New Riders, Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds, Little Feat and Little Village.

Song Info

Genre

Rock • Folk Rock

Author

James Curley

Rights

James Curley

Uploaded

March 30, 2008

Track Files

MP3

MP3 4.3 MB • 128 kbps • 4:38

Story behind the song

I love New Orleans; the 'natural' disaster that was Hurricane Katrina could not be averted. The 'human' disaster that was our national response is inexcusable. If we can't do better, we're lost. This song expresses my best wishes for New Orleans and her incredible people.

Lyrics

Where the mighty river meets the Gulf of Mexico
You welcomed generations seeking shelter from the storm
Trumpets of resurrection call you from on high
Choirs of your angels sing grievous lullabies

Lay down, Big Easy; lay your burden down
Sleep now for a while like a lazy bayou town
Rest your broken body so you may rise up once again
There’ll be a new New Orleans just around_______ the river bend

In your storied streets is heard the marching of the saints
In grim and solemn homage to your suffering and pain
Tumba, tumba Mardi Gras, bring back your sweet refrain
And make true the age-old promise that the South will rise again

God made the Mississippi, God made Lake Ponchartrain
God made their Crescent City, God made the hurricane
God give us strength to help all those in misery and pain
Until their jubilee is sounding in New Orleans once again

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