What's happened down here is the winds have changed Cloud roll in from the north and it started to rain It rained real hard and it rained for a real long time Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline The river rose all day, the river rose all night Some people got lost in the flood, some people got away alright The river had busted through cleared down to Plaquemines Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline Louisiana, Louisiana They're tyrin' to wash us away They're tryin' to wash us away Louisiana, Louisiana They're tryin' to wash us away They're tryin' to wash us away President came down in his big airplane With his little fat man with a notepad in his hand President say, 'Little fat man, oh, isn't it a shame What the river has done to this poor farmers land' Louisiana, Louisiana They're tyrin' to wash us away They're tryin' to wash us away Louisiana, Louisiana They're tryin' to wash us away They're tryin' to wash us away They're tryin' to wash us away They're tryin' to wash us away
What's happened down here is the winds have changed Cloud roll in from the north and it started to rain It rained real hard and it rained for a real long time Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline The river rose all day, the river rose all night Some people got lost in the flood, some people got away alright The river had busted through cleared down to Plaquemines Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline Louisiana, Louisiana They're tyrin' to wash us away They're tryin' to wash us away Louisiana, Louisiana They're tryin' to wash us away They're tryin' to wash us away President came down in his big airplane With his little fat man with a notepad in his hand President say, 'Little fat man, oh, isn't it a shame What the river has done to this poor farmers land' Louisiana, Louisiana They're tyrin' to wash us away They're tryin' to wash us away Louisiana, Louisiana They're tryin' to wash us away They're tryin' to wash us away They're tryin' to wash us away They're tryin' to wash us away
