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What has happened down here is the winds have changed
Clouds roll in from the north and it start to rain
Rained real hard and 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 have busted through, clear down to Plaque mines
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 Coolidge came down in a railroad train
With a little fat man with a notepad in his hand
President say "little fat man, isn't it a shame?"
What the river has done to this poor cracker's 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
Clouds roll in from the north and it start to rain
Rained real hard and 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 have busted through, clear down to Plaque mines
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 Coolidge came down in a railroad train
With a little fat man with a notepad in his hand
President say "little fat man, isn't it a shame?"
What the river has done to this poor cracker's 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
Lyrics submitted by yuri_sucupira
Louisiana 1927 Lyrics as written by Randy Newman
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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I like Neil Young. My dad does too. I have all of his vinyls he had a ton of Neil Young. But I was drinking one night and sent my dad a text that said "Neil Young writing songs from Canadian citizenship" which is kind of how I feel.
My dad also liked Skynard, more than me. I've been meaning to show him Jason Isbell's cover of "Like a Hurricane".
The guitar is authentic, the guitarist channels Young's authentic style. Jason sings it with a southern accent but again it's authentic. It's so cool.
But again I love Neil Young (more than Skynard) but I have mixed feelings about some of what he wrote. It's almost like if he didn't get his ass kicked in a bar in Alabama he wouldn't get on his moral high horse.