An unwanted rocking chair
beckons to the sky
so did the people in SIPPI
is it race or class or will help come at last
how could they treat the people in SIPPI
will the waters rise again
will the levee show restrain
so they pray to GOD children of the flood
all their lives destroyed in SIPPI
Oh Louisiana, where is your dove
Oh Louisiana, where is the love
it seems they would have waited
‘til the waters all abated
there’s a rainbow in the sky over SIPPI
the unfortunate are so unfortunate
they say alms giving lessens no man’s living
there’s a rainbow in the sky over SIPPI
Oh Louisiana, where is your dove
Oh Louisiana, where is the love
I know it’s hard to cope
we’ll all be saved by hope
there’s a rainbow in the sky over SIPPI
rainbow in the sky, rainbow in the sky
there’s a rainbow in the sky
over Louisiana
