[00:00.000] 作词 : Skip Denenberg/Dan "Bee" Spears
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Skip Denenberg/Dan "Bee" Spears
[00:21.000]He was choking back the tears
[00:25.000]As he tried to tell his wife
[00:30.000]That the job he'd had for years
[00:34.000]He'd worked hard all his life
[00:40.000]That everything went south
[00:44.000]And he couldn't meet the bills
[00:49.000]And he had to sell the house
[00:54.000]That his daddy built
[00:59.000]And he'd ask how such a thing could be happening
[01:09.000]But he was sure there was nobody listening
[01:18.000]In the Gulf of Mexico
[01:22.000]Near the town of New Orleans
[01:27.000]Where all the tourists go
[01:32.000]In this land of hopes and dreams
[01:37.000]Then there came a killer storm
[01:41.000]A devastating flood
[01:46.000]And the people, they were warned
[01:50.000]That it would turn their streets to mud
[01:57.000]Sure enough, that storm took everything
[02:07.000]And it was like there was nobody listening
[02:16.000]In these days of change and mass communication
[02:23.000]Seems like no one's plugged into the sounds of desperation
[02:35.000]And they say the future's just an extension of the past
[02:44.000]And history has knack of comin' back
[03:13.000]Now the writer takes his pen
[03:18.000]And he tries to find the words
[03:22.000]Though time and time again
[03:27.000]They often go unheard
[03:32.000]And the singer sings his song
[03:37.000]And he tries to impart
[03:42.000]All the troubles goin' on
[03:47.000]Weighin' heavy on his heart
[03:52.000]But what good is the song that he has to sing
[04:04.000]When nobody's listening?
[04:11.000]But I know why he has to try to sing
[04:20.000]'Cause he believes that somebody's listening