Story Behind The Song
Written after the December 2004 disaster in the Indian Ocean.
Song Description
A tsunami is not just any wave. Its height gives no indication of its power.
| Song Length |
4:03 |
Genre |
Pop - Rock, Rock - Classic |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Troubled |
Subject |
Ocean, Sea, Disasters |
| Language |
English |
Era |
1980 - 1989 |
Lyrics
TSUNAMI
©2005 by John G. Fausett
Under the water, the ground is shaking
Coastal disaster is in the making
What kind of measures will you be taking?
Powerful waves will soon be breaking
Hard and fast
In thirty seconds, if you still feel the quaking
Or standing up?s a major undertaking
Don?t wait around for an official warning
Seek higher ground or you?ll never see morning
After it?s passed
Do not be fooled if it doesn?t look tall
To take a stand is inviting a fall
Tsunami is a terrible force
On a destructive course from the sea
Tsunami makes a rapid advance
So if you have the chance, you must flee!
If your town is along the coast
Is it tsunami-ready?
Don?t pass it off as an empty boast
When it can save your life!
Talk to somebody who has been there before
They say the ocean backs away from the shore
Out on the beach, it?s too late to hurry
The sea returns with unbridled fury
On and on this wave is running
Pushing inland and it keeps on coming
Hard and fast
Then it reverses, with all the debris
Carried helplessly back out to the sea
Tsunami is a terrible force
On a destructive course from the sea
Tsunami makes a rapid advance
So if you have the chance, you must flee!
Are you tsunami-ready? Are you tsunami-ready?
Are you tsunami-ready? Are you tsunami-ready?