'The Nightmare of New Orleans'
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Do you know what the French word cauchemar means
It's a nightmare like right there in New Orleans!
When they let the levees sink in disrepair
The warnings were shrill, but they still didn't care
Yes, Bush cut the budget...sent the money to war
Now the great Crescent City...has death at her door
Well, Bush is a Nero fiddling kind of a guy
He flew over the city in a plane in the sky
The next day he's back on vacation again
Playing golf with his corporate empire friends
It's criminal negligence, leaving people to die
Now the mighty Big Easy is left wondering why
Est-ce que vous connaissez nightmare en anglais
(Do you know what nightmare means in English)
C'est la Nouvelle Orleans completement sinistree
(It's New Orleans completely devastated)
C'est criminelle de laisser les gens la mourir
(It's criminal to leave the people there to die)
De ne pas les aider par les miens a partir
(To not provide the means to leave)
Une tempete sauvage d'eau et de vent
(A savage storm of water and wind)
C'est le cauchemar...de la Nouvelle Orleans
(That's the nightmare... of New Orleans) - Instrumental
The Free Market way to evacuate New Orleans
Was to issue an order without providing the means
For the poor to get out...There was simply no way!
Hard winds and high waters came crashing that day
Now I see what that singer was trying to say
When he said that they're trying...to wash us away
Do you know what the French word cauchemar means
It's a nightmare like right there in New Orleans
When they let the levees sink in disrepair
The warnings were shrill but they still didn't care
Yes, Bush cut the budget...sent the money to war
Now the great Crescent City...will never be like before
Est-ce que vous connaissez nightmare en anglais
(Do you know what nightmare means in English)
C'est la Nouvelle Orleans completement sinistree
(It's New Orleans completely devastated)
C'est criminelle de laisser les gens la mourir
(It's criminal to leave the people there to die)
De tout negliger ce qui va vous detruire
(To completely neglect that which is going to destroy you)
Un enfer predit pour les plus indigents
(A predictable hell for the poorest people)
C'est le cauchemar...de la Nouvelle Orleans
(That's the nightmare... of New Orleans)
Copyright September 3, 2005 Victor Rene Sadot/BMI/Orbian Love Music
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