Lovely Rita Hurricane

[Occhidiangela]

*echoing voices*
Ahhhhhhhhhh
AAAAhhhhhh
AH ahhhhhhhhh
Ah ah ah
(slowly)
Lovely Rita, Hurricane
Lovely Rita, Hurricane
/echoing voices

Lovely Rita, Hurricane
Nothing can stop your progress
When you hit land you'll blow my house away

On the couch, eating Tostitas
When I got a glimpse of Rita
Swirling like a dervish toward the Texas Gulf Coast

Got some wood, covered the windows
Battened down, in case the wind blows
Hoping Rita blows into a bay north of here *

Lovely Rita Hurricane
I could quite do without you
Why don't you go finish off New Orleans?

Wife and kids, packed into the car
Told her to drive inland, real far
Vacation / 'Vacuation start to be the same thing

Got the food, and got the water
Batteries and dog, for starters
Gonna settle in and watch my town get blown down

Rita! (lilting piano music)

Lovely Rita Hurricane
May I inquire discretely
Who pissed you off and sent you here to me?

*fade away echo voices*
Lovely Rita Hurricane
Lovely Rita Hurricane


* = As of this morning, Matagorda Bay appears to be the landfall location. That is far enough north to keep me from leaving town.

Occhi