March 11, 2011

there came a low low rumbling sound
like nothin' I'd ever heard or felt before
then the building i was in started swaying back 
and forth that's when i headed for the door
got outside into a big parking lot
i saw the ground move like waves upon the water
i started feeling seasick but most of all you know
i was thinkin' 'bout my wife and my daughter

march eleven
two thousand eleven 
a day i'll never forget

now folks i don't carry a mobile phone
but it wouldn't-a been no good anyway
all those mobile networks you know
they came crashing down on that day
so i walked about a mile and found a pay phone 
praise the lord there's still a few of those around 
rang up my wife, and when i heard her voice 
lord what a relief was that sound

march eleven
two thousand eleven 
a day i'll never forget 

so she and my little girl were OK
my worries were eased all rght
i found a place to sleep, in a booth in a restaurant 
while the aftershocks shook me all night
next morning i was able to catch me a train
a train back to Tokyo town
passed through the graveyard near my house 
some boddhisatvas had fallen down

march eleven
two thousand eleven 
a day i'll never forget

now me and my family were lucky
my wife and my daughter and me
but the mighty mighty wave, the mighty ol’ tsunami 
carried thousands and thousands out to sea
now the earth provides us with sustenance
but it reminded us on that day
that we walk through this life on shaky ground
the earth giveth and taketh away

march eleven
two thousand eleven 
a day i'll never forget

 


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