Commander-in-Chief of New Orleans
What is appropriate? Sorrow, anger, despair?
Silence is not possible. So, I have written a song.
Recorded with a cheap microphone directly onto my computer.
The best I can do for now.
Please feel free to pass along the link or song file.
New York, September 5, 2005
©Brian Rose
commander.mp3
commander-in-chief.doc
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of New Orleans Flying high Powder blue Man peers down Without a clue Photo op Hard work done Roll up sleeves Air Force One Stay the course Weave and spin Commander-in-chief Of New Orleans Look down there Levees broke Nature plays Such cruel jokes Flooded streets Looters roam Shoot to kill Superdome Stay the course Weave and spin Commander-in-chief Of New Orleans Mayor pleads Send in troops Five days late Toxic soup Left to swim Call in vain Black folks float Lake Pontchartrain Stay the course Weave and spin Commander-in-chief Of New Orleans ©Brian Rose September 5, 2005 |
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