Off of Driving the Sky Highway, a little ditty about a hurricane and a lake that are much more than they seem. The refrain came first and then I had to make sense of it all. Enjoy some musical gumbo
Lyrics
PONTCHATRAIN - Smonroe
PONTCHATRAIN OH PONTCHATRAIN WON’T YOU TAKE YOUR WATER BACK
YOU COME UP OVER THE LEVEE AND YOU TOOK EVERYTHING THAT I HAD
I WAS DANCING WITH KATRINA AND THEN EVERYTHING WENT BLACK
PONTCHATRAIN OH PONTCHATRAIN WON’T YOU TAKE YOUR WATER BACK
HEARD THERE WAS A BIG OLD MAMA COMING IN OFF THE GULF STREAM
COMING IN HOT AND HEAVY MOVING FAST AS SHE COULD BE
PEOPLES WAS BOARDING THEIR WINDOWS UP AND RUNNING OUT OF TOWN
THOUGHT THAT MAYBE SHE’D GO SOMEWHERES ELSE
IF SHE SAW THE WHOLE PLACE SHUT DOWN
PONTCHATRAIN OH PONTCHATRAIN WON’T YOU TAKE YOUR WATER BACK
YOU COME UP OVER THE LEVEE AND YOU TOOK EVERYTHING THAT I HAD
I WAS DANCING WITH KATRINA AND THEN EVERYTHING WENT BLACK
PONTCHATRAIN OH PONTCHATRAIN WON’T YOU TAKE YOUR WATER BACK
KATRINA KICKED THE DOOR IN ON A BAR NAME OF NEW ORLEANS
PICK YOU UP AND THROW YOU AROUND. I NEVER SEEN A WOMAN DANCE SO MEAN
WHEN EVERYBODY WAS WORE OUT NO ONE COULD DANCE WITH HER NO MORE
KATRINA FLIPPED HER HAIR AND THEN SHE BLEW RIGHT OUT THE DOOR
OVER IN A CORNER THIS SOUTHERN BELLE JUST SAT ON BY
SHOWED UP PRETTY EVERY SINGLE NIGHT JUST WAITING FOR HER TIME
WHEN SHE SAW ALL THE ATTENTION EVERYBODY GAVE KATRINA THAT NIGHT
SHE COULD NOT TAKE IT ANYMORE AND SHE RUNNING OUT SCREAMING AND CRYING
PONTCHATRAIN OH PONTCHATRAIN WON’T YOU TAKE YOUR WATER BACK
YOU COME UP OVER THE LEVEE AND YOU TOOK EVERYTHING THAT I HAD
I WAS DANCING WITH KATRINA AND THEN EVERYTHING WENT BLACK
PONTCHATRAIN OH PONTCHATRAIN WON’T YOU TAKE YOUR WATER BACK
SEE IT WASN’T THE RAIN OF NO HURRICANE THAT BROUGHT NEW ORLEANS DOWN
IT WAS THE TEARS OF A NEGLECTED LADY THAT HAD SWALLOWED UP THAT TOWN
WATER POURED OVER THE LEVEE LIKE A BROKEN HEART POURS OUT PAIN
AND NOW YOU KNOW THE STORY OF A GIRL NAMED PONTCHARTRAIN
PONTCHATRAIN OH PONTCHATRAIN WON’T YOU TAKE YOUR WATER BACK
YOU COME UP OVER THE LEVEE AND YOU TOOK EVERYTHING THAT I HAD
I WAS DANCING WITH KATRINA AND THEN EVERYTHING WENT BLACK
PONTCHATRAIN OH PONTCHATRAIN WON’T YOU TAKE YOUR WATER BACK
PONTCHATRAIN OH PONTCHATRAIN WON’T YOU TAKE YOUR TAKE YOUR TAKE YOUR WATER BACK
PONTCHATRAIN - Smonroe
PONTCHATRAIN OH PONTCHATRAIN WON’T YOU TAKE YOUR WATER BACK
YOU COME UP OVER THE LEVEE AND YOU TOOK EVERYTHING THAT I HAD
I WAS DANCING WITH KATRINA AND THEN EVERYTHING WENT BLACK
PONTCHATRAIN OH PONTCHATRAIN WON’T YOU TAKE YOUR WATER BACK
HEARD THERE WAS A BIG OLD MAMA COMING IN OFF THE GULF STREAM
COMING IN HOT AND HEAVY MOVING FAST AS SHE COULD BE
PEOPLES WAS BOARDING THEIR WINDOWS UP AND RUNNING OUT OF TOWN
THOUGHT THAT MAYBE SHE’D GO SOMEWHERES ELSE
IF SHE SAW THE WHOLE PLACE SHUT DOWN
PONTCHATRAIN OH PONTCHATRAIN WON’T YOU TAKE YOUR WATER BACK
YOU COME UP OVER THE LEVEE AND YOU TOOK EVERYTHING THAT I HAD
I WAS DANCING WITH KATRINA AND THEN EVERYTHING WENT BLACK
PONTCHATRAIN OH PONTCHATRAIN WON’T YOU TAKE YOUR WATER BACK
KATRINA KICKED THE DOOR IN ON A BAR NAME OF NEW ORLEANS
PICK YOU UP AND THROW YOU AROUND. I NEVER SEEN A WOMAN DANCE SO MEAN
WHEN EVERYBODY WAS WORE OUT NO ONE COULD DANCE WITH HER NO MORE
KATRINA FLIPPED HER HAIR AND THEN SHE BLEW RIGHT OUT THE DOOR
OVER IN A CORNER THIS SOUTHERN BELLE JUST SAT ON BY
SHOWED UP PRETTY EVERY SINGLE NIGHT JUST WAITING FOR HER TIME
WHEN SHE SAW ALL THE ATTENTION EVERYBODY GAVE KATRINA THAT NIGHT
SHE COULD NOT TAKE IT ANYMORE AND SHE RUNNING OUT SCREAMING AND CRYING
PONTCHATRAIN OH PONTCHATRAIN WON’T YOU TAKE YOUR WATER BACK
YOU COME UP OVER THE LEVEE AND YOU TOOK EVERYTHING THAT I HAD
I WAS DANCING WITH KATRINA AND THEN EVERYTHING WENT BLACK
PONTCHATRAIN OH PONTCHATRAIN WON’T YOU TAKE YOUR WATER BACK
SEE IT WASN’T THE RAIN OF NO HURRICANE THAT BROUGHT NEW ORLEANS DOWN
IT WAS THE TEARS OF A NEGLECTED LADY THAT HAD SWALLOWED UP THAT TOWN
WATER POURED OVER THE LEVEE LIKE A BROKEN HEART POURS OUT PAIN
AND NOW YOU KNOW THE STORY OF A GIRL NAMED PONTCHARTRAIN
PONTCHATRAIN OH PONTCHATRAIN WON’T YOU TAKE YOUR WATER BACK
YOU COME UP OVER THE LEVEE AND YOU TOOK EVERYTHING THAT I HAD
I WAS DANCING WITH KATRINA AND THEN EVERYTHING WENT BLACK
PONTCHATRAIN OH PONTCHATRAIN WON’T YOU TAKE YOUR WATER BACK
PONTCHATRAIN OH PONTCHATRAIN WON’T YOU TAKE YOUR TAKE YOUR TAKE YOUR WATER BACK