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When Katrina broke the levees 
There was hell to pay
Another hurricane takes its shot
Seven years to the day

If Katrina is the mother
I guess Isaac is the son
And the city of New Orleans
Is the unlucky one

Chorus 
There ain’t no one can tell me
It ‘s nothing but coincidence
In the city of Marie Laveau
No one’s living in the present tense

It ain’t hard to think the father’s sin
Is placed on the head of the son
When the storm surges across the dams
Puts families on the run

It’s déjà vu one more time 
Board the windows - the storm is near
Did the bridge hold cross the Ponchertrain?  
It’s too far-gone for fear  



Chorus:
There ain’t no one can tell me
It’s nothing but coincidence
In the city of Marie Laveau
No one’s living in the present tense

Once again the Gulf Coast winds
Huff and puff to blow us down
Flood us out and shove us out
We’re not moving to higher ground

Instrumental Solo

Fishing boats float on the Gulf
When the southern winds blow sweet
Lazy days in Plaquemine
Mardi Gras on Bourbon Street

Till the whirling winds pick another fight
Blow hard and wet and wild
Another hurricane comes ashore
Like some unruly child

We’ll get through it one more time
How – it’s hard to say
I guess we can expect it back 
In seven years to the day

 
Chorus 
 
There ain’t no one can tell me
It ‘s nothing but coincidence
In the city of Marie Laveau 
No one’s living in the present tense

In the city of the Voodoo Queen
No one’s living in the present tense