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Wasn't that a mighty storm
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Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning
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Say, wasn't that a mighty storm
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Blew all the people away
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Well, Galveston had a sea wall
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Meant to keep the water down
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High tide from the ocean
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Sent water over Galveston
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Yeah, year was 1900
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Fifty long years ago
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Death came walking on the water that day
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Death calls, you gotta go
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Now the trumpets,they sounded warning
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Said it's time to leave this place
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But no one thought about leaving town
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Til death stared them in the face
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Right then the sea started boiling
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A thing that no ship could stand
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I thought I heard a captain crying out
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Somebody save a drowning man
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They had two trains loaded
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With people trying to leave town
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Tracks gave way to the water now
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And all of those people drowned
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I said the year was 1900
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Fifty long years ago
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Death came walking on the water
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Death calls, you gotta go
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I said Death, your hands are clammy
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You got them on my knee
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You came and threw a stone at my mother
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And now you're coming after me.
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Wasn't That A Mighty Storm
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| James Taylor |
