Bad days are coming Preacher said Dark clouds dawning Trouble up ahead Board up you window Take your families Put gas in the pickup Get out of New Orleans U.S. Highway 61 Don't look back now Drive until you're gone Oh, stormwater Driving me from my home Flee Across the state line Far from everything I know Oh. stormwater Rising with the hurricane When you're gone From where I belong I will be back again No time for thinking No time to waste It's time enough for leaving None to hesitate Some folks saying The weather man's wrong Taking their chances But me, I'm gonna run All my senses are telling me Something's coming I don't wanna see Oh, stormwater I know that you're gonna come High Over the levee Blocking out the sky and sun Oh. stormwater Sweeping us all aside Nature's angry with the city Only God knows why Take U.S. Highway 61 Don't look back now Drive until you're gone Oh, stormwater Driving me from my home Flee Across the state line Far from everything I know Oh. stormwater Rising with the hurricane Nature's angry with the city God knows why You'll be gone From where I belong I will be back some time