Lyrics

The Water Kept on Rising

Well you heard about the Rhumba Man
Dancin with the Creole Queen
Shoutin out Jackamofenia
In a trance down on Bourbon street
A gypsy man told a fortune true
A young girl closed her eyes
Music was pourin from every door
Waitin for the Cajun moon to rise

The night is a potion of disguise
Voodoo chants in the corner
Air as humid as a breath
Smilin in the quarter
Crawfish, streetcars and rum
Chikoree coffee dark glasses
Balconies watch as the pageant unfolds
And swirls as it passes

The water kept on risin
Higher and higher
The water kept on risin
Higher and higher
The water kept on risin Higher and higher

The levee?s broke a political joke
But the water kept on risin
Many didn?t make it to higher ground
In a town with no silver linin
But when fat Tuesday came
They couldn?t stop it with a hurricane
They were shoutin out Jackamofinia
In a trance down on Bourbon street

But the Water Kept on Risin!