"Katrina" lyrics

I was born in '54, when a category 4
Called Carol came ashore
So I'd been there before, through her stomach on the floor
I could hear that ocean roar

Well I heard it on the news, gotta empty out the town
There was trouble on the horizon
You could feel it in the air as it shifted in despair
We were leaving by the thousands

All the clouds started rolling in around us
And that's when the night came, that's when the night came, that's when the night came

K-K-K-Katrina, what did you do to me, do to me, do to everyone? (Do to everyone)
K, K, K, Katrina, what did you do to me, do to me, do to everyone?
What did you do to me, do to me, do to everyone?

It's not like I was scared, not like in a panic
But I didn't know what I was in for
The sky dark above I've never seen the likes of
The wind moaning at the front door

I heard crashing everywhere, I couldn't see but heard the wind howl
All around me was the darkness
With a sound you've never heard, she was blowing out the windows and was taking out NOLA

The sky sounded out just like an explosion
And that's when the rains came, that's when the rains came, that's when the rains came

K-K-K-Katrina, what did you do to me, do to me, do to everyone?
K-K-K-Katrina, what did you do to me, do to me, do to everyone? (What did you do to everyone?)
K-K-K, Katrina, what did you do to me, do to me, do to everyone?
What did you do to me, do to me, do to everyone, hey hey hey

K-K-K, Katrina
K-K-K, Katrina
Do to everyone
Do to everyone

I tried to make a call, had to leave a message
I was lonely and alive
I went out and walked around
I was praying that I'd find my way out of here in time

There was trouble in the streets, there was looting, there was shooting
They were doing anything to survive
So I thought of Monkey Hill to get a higher view
But nothing I could find

I got to a levy that I thought could save me
But that's when the wave came, that's when the wave came
On and on and on and on and on and on and on and on