Hurricane (american Idol Performance) Lyrics - Laine Hardy

Thirty miles on the Gulf Stream I hear the South wind moan* 

The bridges getting lower, shrimp boats coming home 

The old man down in the Quarter slowly turns his head 

Takes a sip from his whiskey bottle and this is what he said 

I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain 

Underneath the Louisiana Moon 

I don't mind the strain of a hurricane 

They come around every June 

High black water, a devil's daughter 

She's hard, she's cold, and she's mean 

But nobody taught her it takes a lot of water 

To wash away New Orleans 

Man came down from Chicago, he gonna set that levee right 

He says, "It needs to be at least three feet higher, 

it won't make it through the night" 

But the old man down in the Quarter, 

He said don't you listen to that boy 

The water be down by the morning, 

And he'll be back to Illinois 

I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain 

Underneath the Louisiana Moon 

I don't mind the strain of a hurricane 

They come around every June 

High black water, a devil's daughter 

She's hard, she's cold, and she's mean 

But nobody taught her it takes a lot of water 

To wash away New Orleans 

[solo] 

Thirty miles on the Gulf Stream, I hear the South wind moan 

Bridges getting lower, shrimp boats coming home 

The old man down in the Quarter slowly turns his head 

Takes a drink from his whiskey bottle and this is what he said 

I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain 

Underneath the Louisiana Moon 

I don't mind the strain of a hurricane 

They come around every June 

High black water, a devil's daughter 

She's hard, she's cold, and she's mean 

But nobody taught her it takes a lot of water 

To wash away New Orleans 

I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain 

Underneath the Louisiana Moon 

I don't mind the strain of a hurricane 

They come around every June 

High black water, a devil's daughter 

She's hard, she's cold, and she's mean 

But nobody taught her it takes a lot of water 

To wash away New Orleans 

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