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Katrina (Forsaken Place)

from Wild Horse Running Free by Nicolette Aubourg

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A commentary on the 2005 Bush administration’s delayed response to the victims of Hurricane Katrina

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Katrina – Forsaken Place
(a commentary on the 2005 Bush administration’s delayed response to the victims of Hurricane Katrina)

There’s not much wealth so what’s to lose –
the French Quarter, – some jazz and blues?
The levee might hold, and it might break,
but the forces in Iraq are in their place.

Think it over at your ease;
don’t want to rush and spread disease.
Don’t mind the drownings, the desperate pleas,
the missing children, the sick and elderly.

These waters of a forsaken place,
these tears of a forsaken place – hear the people.

Their salvation compromised
by days and weeks politicized –
the bureaucracy takes precedence
over the waters’ nameless faces.

So you turn a blind eye to your own storm.
You give no answer, leave them forlorn.
Do you feel nothing for the women raped
after their lives had been saved?

These waters of a forsaken place,
these tears that wash their hopes away – hear the people.

These are the pictures the world will see;
these are people you say you lead –
hear the people; hear the people, hear.

Credits:
Music & Lyrics by Nicolette Aubourg © 2016
℗© 2016 Syresham Music (Nicolette Aubourg) (ASCAP)
Acoustic Guitars, Cello & Vocals: Nicolette Aubourg
Bass & Percussion: Jorgen Carlsson
Electric Guitar: Toshi Yanagi
Piano: John J.T. Thomas
Produced by Jorgen Carlsson & Nicolette Aubourg
Engineered by Jorgen Carlsson
Vocals & Acoustic guitars recorded by Nicolette Aubourg
Mixed by Jorgen Carlsson at Roger’s Boat Studio
Mastered by Steve Holroyd

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from Wild Horse Running Free, released October 24, 2016
Music & Lyrics by Nicolette Aubourg © 2016
℗© 2016 Syresham Music (Nicolette Aubourg) (ASCAP)
Acoustic Guitars, Cello & Vocals: Nicolette Aubourg
Bass & Percussion: Jorgen Carlsson
Electric Guitar: Toshi Yanagi
Piano: John J.T. Thomas
Produced by Jorgen Carlsson & Nicolette Aubourg
Engineered by Jorgen Carlsson
Vocals & Acoustic guitars recorded by Nicolette Aubourg
Mixed by Jorgen Carlsson at Roger’s Boat Studio
Mastered by Steve Holroyd

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Nicolette Aubourg Los Angeles, California

#CEASEFIRENOW! Singer-guitarist Nicolette Aubourg was born in South Africa where she studied music and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and English Literature before moving to Los Angeles. Nicolette has released three studio albums and nine singles. Her songwriting covers a variety of subjects including social justice and she has won many songwriting awards. ... more

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