Fannye Katrina

Lost my boat in Katrina and I fell into the sea
Hundred miles of water all around me
And I saw the mast go down down down
Only thing left floating was a bag of potato chips
And I held onto that big yellow bag for forever it seemed
Somewhere on the third day I started seeing things

She said her name was Fannye and she looked a lot like the woman on the pancake
syrup bottle
She swam right up next to me
The gulf sun reflected on her deep brown face
We talked for hours and then she said

It’s gonna be better than it ever was
Yeah it’s gonna be better than it ever was

I talked about all the things I had that were so important to me
She said they’re all just sea foam on the gulf breeze
Yeah I lost my boat, nothing left in this world but this bag of potato chips
She said child you’re gonna eat those too
She said when everything has gone away you’ll see
Nothing can touch who you really are child when you’re free

Oh it’s gonna be better than it ever was
Yeah it’s gonna be better than it ever was

She said I could go on in detail but it would be like
trying to explain outer space to a fish
Child just know that you don’t know and have faith
Then she looked up and I looked up in the sky
And there was a giant Coast Guard Twin Huey floating there
And as those Coast Guard Angels floated down for me
I looked at Fannye to thank her but she was gone in the sea

Somewhere over New Orleans I ate the last potato chip
and as the wind tore that bag from my hands I knew this

It’s gonna be better than it ever was
Yeah it’s gonna be better than it ever was
It’s gonna be better than it ever was
Yeah it’s gonna be better than it ever was