A lost love in New Orleans...Thanks to Katrina
Colorado songwriter/performer. Day job: Firefighter Night Job: Dreamer
Story behind the song
The thought of so many things lost in hurricane Katrina has overwhelmed so many...material things can always be replaced...but how about love?
Lyrics
She headed out from New Orleans with their daughter on her back.
A worn out pair of Nike shoes and what used to be Tom's hat.
She lost her Tom when the levees broke...the water carried him away.
Seems like just the other day....they fell in love.
But there's trouble on the bayou weddin' veils and dreams float by.
What to do with a broken heart who's wings will never fly.
Yeh there's trouble on the bayou weddin' veils and dreams float by.
What to do with an old brown hat; from a daddy who never said goodbye.
Times were hard in New Orleans but Tom and Janie were in love.
They had a child before their vows, but their hearts were known above.
Tom got a job with a freightin' crew packing ships that sailed the world.
Just three more days and he'd hang this hat and marry that sweet girl.
But there's trouble on the bayou weddin' veils and dreams float by.
What to do with a broken heart who's wings will never fly.
Yeh there's trouble on the bayou weddin' veils and dreams float by.
What to do with an old brown hat; from a daddy who never said goodbye.
Yeh there's trouble on the bayou weddin' veils and dreams float by.
What to do with an old brown hat; from a daddy who never said goodbye.
