Stacey Bruno

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Katrina
Why did you?
Katrina
Why did you?
Destroy my home

I have lived in New Orleans
Since I was four
New Orleans a festive place
The levee outside my door
Creole food and crawfish
My neighborhood was mixed
On the shores of Lake Pontchartrain
The wind began to whip
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The night before the storm
My sister called me on the phone
She said to me I am scared
I think we should leave our home
The night was dark and restless
When a man came on TV
Said make the right decision
I knew it was time to leave
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After my two children
Kissed their toys good-bye
The rain it fell like cats and dogs
We fled in the knick of time
We went to get my sister
With my husband, children, too
Will we live, where to go?
What on earth to do?
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Everyone got in the car
We drove straight through Slidell
What once took 30 minutes?
Took three hours of rain and hail
We rode the storm through Birmingham
They charged 100 bucks a night
For a fifty-five dollar room
That just ain't right
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We watched the news on T.V.
The kids began to cry
"Will we see our friends again?
I hope they didn't die."
Parents lived in Minnesota
Together we did drive
For twenty-three long hours
Thank God we're still alive
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Stepped out of the car
Hooked up to a microphone
When a local businessman
Gave us all a home
Put us on Kare-11
Even on CNN
Live from Minnesota
With all of my new friends
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