Song Description

How the floodwaters of Katrina changed the lives of the people of New Orleans

Lyrics

BELOW THE WATERLINE



When the wind stopped blowing,
Thought we made it through another one,
Yea when the wind stopped blowing,
Thought I?d be home with the rising sun,
But then the waters came on in and it changed everything,
In just that moment in time,

That?s when my life fell below the waterline,
That?s when my life fell below the waterline,
Everything I had is gone, water stole my home from me,

When you first came back on in,
Seen one house you know you?ve seen em all,
When you first came back on in,
Below the line you know you took a fall,
Cause When the water came on in man it changed everything,
In just that moment in time,

And license plates from different states,
Cowboys with their big ole trucks,
Getting paid by the pound, they come from out of town,
To haul your life away, and now my life?s in bits and pieces,
Pictures of my nieces in a big old pile on West End Boulevard.

That?s when my life fell below the waterline,
That?s when my life fell below the waterline,
And when the water came on in,
Didn?t leave me a thing, but trouble on my mind,


Now were trying to figure out,
What?s the right road to take from here?
Yea were always thinking bout,
What will life be like here in a couple of years?
Cause when the water came on in man it changed everything,
In just that moment in time,

My old neighborhood is quiet now,
You can?t hear a children?s sound,
Trucks still rolling,
Kicking up the sheetrock dust,
Should I go or should I stay,
Man you hear the talk everyday,
Answers are what we need and we need em with a little speed,
So we can turn our world, turn ourselves, turn our lives around,

That?s when my life fell below the waterline,
That?s when my life fell below the waterline,
And when the water came on it didn?t leave me a thing,
But trouble on my mind,
Yea when the water came on it man changed everything,
In just that moment in time.