New Orleans Tonight

Hear women children and animals cry
The water rises as their dreams float by
And hope is swallowed by the stench and the lies
As a city sinks from sight

While predators prowl through stale debris
A nation looks on helplessly, curiously
One man struggles while another runs free
And it makes no sense to me

And love where is love tell me Good Lord above
When the babies cry
Love where is love when the motherless children
Are left there to die
As the strong battle on over who's wrong and who's right
The weak guard New Orleans tonight

There is a land where the sun still shines
Where a mother and child sing nursery rhymes
But the heart of the city says it's supper time
And all you feel is pain

And pain is a neighbor we don't want to know
A crack in the path where the truth might grow
Heaven forbid if our weaknesses show our human frailty

And love where is love tell me Good Lord above
When the babies cry
Love where is love when the widows and orphans
Are left there to die
See the darkness do a dance with the light
In the fog of New Orleans tonight

My doubts crawl up on me
As I turn out the light
And pray God bless New Orleans
God bless New Orleans tonight