RANDY NEWMAN lyrics - Louisiana

What had happened down there was the wind had changed

Cloud rolled in from the north and it started to rain

It rained real hard and it rained for a real long time

Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline



The river rose all day, the river rose all night

Some got lost in the flood, some got away all right

The river busted through clear down to Plaquemine

Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline



Louisiana, Louisiana

They're tryin' to wash us away

They're tryin' to wash us away

Louisiana, Louisiana

They're tryin' to wash us away

They're tryin' to wash us away



President Coolidge come down in a railroad train

With a little fat man with a notepad in his hand.

President say, "Little fat man, isn't it a shame

What the river has done to this poor cracker's land?"



Louisiana, Louisiana

They're tryin' to wash us away

They're tryin' to wash us away

Louisiana, Louisiana

They're tryin' to wash us away

They're tryin' to wash us away

They're tryin' to wash us away

They're tryin' to wash us away