Lyrics

Memories made of places all but gone
Levees breached the raging waters stormed
And all around the world we watched
Thousands of people in shock

And as the week just slowly slipped away
(Hurricane rains lost their homes and lives)
'Till all was lost by hurricane
(With the least help hard to find)
And the help it seemed so hard to find
(All the loss of life)
As we watched New Orleans die

Everyday the crisis grew in fear
Everyday that FEMA put off coming down here
Well how could they wait so long?
How could they be so wrong?

Cause the week just slowly slipped away
(Hurricane rains lost their homes and lives)
'Till all they had was washed away
(With the least help hard to find)
And the help it seemed so hard to find
(All the loss of life)
As we watched New Orleans die

Leaders smile and promising a new town coming
Homes with better lives and higher dreams
But dead and dying refugees with no tomorrow
Need more than some words for some senate seats

I see their faces in my memories
I feel their pain and all their hate

Well how could you wait so long?
How could you be so wrong?

Cause the week just slowly slipped away
(Hurricane rains lost their homes and lives)
'Till all they had was washed away
(With the least help hard to find)
And the help it seemed so hard to find
(All the loss of life)
As we watched New Orleans die

And the week just slowly slipped away
(Hurricane rains lost their homes and lives)
'Till all they had was washed away
(With the least help hard to find)
And the help it seemed so hard to find
(All the loss of life)
As we watched New Orleans die

And the help it seemed so hard to find
As we watched New Orleans die