by Pamela Means

fat cat fingering the real estate pages

buying up lots ten cents on the dollar

ol' snatch and grab, poor folks on the slab

things so bad it "makes me wanna holler..."

it was a blow job, it was another hit

it was a snow job by the government

see the lawnboy when the golf course is built

down where all the ninth ward houses used to fit

it was the very next day, katrina went away

we heard police cacklin' on the radio

sayin' 1-2-3 go! listen to the levees blow

1-2-3 go! look at all the people flow

german shepherd hangin' on a fence by the throat

alligator swimmin' by an overturned boat

down at the jailhouse on the ground floor

prisoners in wheelchairs barricaded door

new orleans, new orleans, new orleans, new-o

new orleans, new orleans, new orleans, new-o

did you find the road home, well you can't go home

without a firehouse or a place for the groceries

we can't build the store if we don't have the power

we can't get the power cuz they're hoggin' the utilities

fi fie fo fum fema wanna tell you somethin'

thank you for the five hundred dollars

thank you for the trailer but i'll have to see you later

my lungs ain't fit for formaldehyde

thank you for the trailer but i'll have to see you later

my lungs ain't fit for formaldehyde

new orleans, new orleans, new orleans, new-o

new orleans, new orleans, new orleans, new-o

it was a blow job, it was another hit

it was a snow job by the government

see the lawnboy when the back nine is built

down where all the ninth ward houses used to fit