Reckless Kelly, "God Forsaken Town"

This song is by a band from Stanley Idaho, 13 miles up the Yankee Fork, who are making a big impression on Texas country right now (go Idaho boys!) Anyways, they wrote this song about Hurricane Katrina, and since I am inclined to find beautiful literature intertwined with music, I wanted to share this with you. You can listen to this song at Recklesskelly.com or just ask me and I'll bring it to class, because it is a very heavy piece of literature.



"They say we've got to leave but there's no place to go

This ain't the first time we've weathered out a storm

I ain't got nothin' but at least I know it's mine

And I'll be goddamned if I'm leaving here before the day I die,



So let the rain sting my neck

Let the mighty Mississippi take this God forsaken town,

Let the storm and all its fury come and carry me away,

Take me to that place somewhere on higher ground



The voices on the radio were cracking off and on

The court is underwater and the levee's all but gone,

There are children in the treetops, and soldiers in the sky

It's too late now to leave, we'll never make it out alive



So let the rain sting my neck

Let the mighty Mississippi take this God forsaken town,

Leth the storm and all its fury come and carry me away,

Take me to that place somewhere on higher ground



Everyone sit tight, help is on the way

I don't think Junior is going to make another day

We've got a sawed off and a red hot .44

So all you looters best come heavy when you're knockin' on my door



So let the rain sting my neck

Let the mighty Mississippi take this God forsaken town

Let the storm and all its fury come and carry me away,

Take me to that place somewhere on higher ground



We all know this crescent city just won't be the same again

And I'll still be standing when the saints go marching in



Xs on the windows say there's no one left inside,

If you count the painted numbers you'll know just how many died

And I'm one in half a million so at least I'm not alone

The hurricane is over now, but the storm keeps raging on



So let the rain sting my neck...

Let the mighty Mississippi take this God forsaken town...

Let the storm and all its fury, come and carry me away...

Take me to that place somewhere on higher ground.......



I think you should definitely listen to the song--the lyrics are amazing but the music does it much better justice.