What?s happened down here is the winds have changed   Cloud roll in from the north and it started to rain   It rained real hard and it rained for a real long time   Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline      The river rose all day, the river rose all night   Some people got lost in the flood, some people got away alright   The river had busted through cleared down to Plaquemines   Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline      Louisiana, Louisiana   They're tyrin' to wash us away   They're tryin' to wash us away      Louisiana, Louisiana   They're tryin' to wash us away   They're tryin' to wash us away      President came down in his big airplane   With his little fat man with a notepad in his hand   President say, "Little fat man, oh, isn't it a shame   What the river has done to this poor farmers land"      Louisiana, Louisiana   They're tyrin' to wash us away   They're tryin' to wash us away      Louisiana, Louisiana   They're tryin' to wash us away   They're tryin' to wash us away      They're tryin' to wash us away   They're tryin' to wash us away