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Where were you when the sky cracked open |
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Waiting for shelter and barely coping? |
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Thinking you could ride the storm out |
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Hoping you would be all right |
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Where were you when they gave a warning? |
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Hundred fifty mile winds by morning |
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Category four, making landfall |
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In the wild gray light |
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Where were you, where were you? |
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Where were you in the social order |
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Lower nine or a hotel in the Quarter |
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Which side of the Quarter between rich and poor? |
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Where were you gonna evacuate to? |
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Assuming there was any way to |
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Where if you didn't own a car |
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Where were you, where were you? |
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Where were you when you understood? |
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However decent, however good |
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However hard some people try |
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They only barely make it by |
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They're born to live their entire lives |
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In harm's way |
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So now where are we gonna go? |
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Where were you when you heard the stranded |
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The injured and the empty handed? |
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Running out of food and water |
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At the Superdome |
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With the newborn and the elderly |
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Exposed to even more misery |
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While those in charge of rescue |
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Waited for the Guard to come |
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Those who left the Convention Center |
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Were stopped on the bridge when they tried to enter |
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The safety of the Westbank and higher ground |
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And when the Guard finally did arrive |
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And got to work on about day five |
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Mainly they were used to keep the looting down |
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Where were you, where were you? |
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Where were you when you realized |
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However strong, however wise |
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However true our leaders appear to be? |
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They talk about prosperity |
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However hard this country strives |
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Where property is valued more than lives |
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How strong will we ever really be? |
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How long do we imagine we'll be free? |
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We hold the truth, self evident |
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The photograph of the President |
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An Air Force One, he viewed the devastation |
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Shaved face and rested eyes |
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Looking down, he circles twice |
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On his way home from his vacation |
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Where were you when you got the picture? |
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Where were you? |
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Where were you |
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When the streets filled up with black water? |
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Where were you |
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When defeat and destruction reigned in the Crescent? |
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Where were you |
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When it blew from every direction? |
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Where were you when the promise was made |
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To return and rebuild, to restore to its people |
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The city that gave us the first American music |
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True inspiration and the freedom to use it |
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Where will we find it again if we lose it |
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And where will we be if we ever cease to love? |
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If we ever cease to love |
