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I still have some work to do on this song. I've got to add an instrument solo, probably a saxophone or trumpet (synthesized, of course  ). Otherwise, I think it is still worth listening to. This song was originally inspired by the death of my father, who passed away on July 1st of this year. Since Hurricane Katrina kicked our butts here on the Mississippi Coast, I realized that the lyrics to this song have some interesting parallels to the storm. My dad was always excited by the hurricane season... he didn't enjoy it or anything; but, after going through Hurricane Camille, he tended to make sure all the i's were dotted and all the t's were crossed when it came to preparing before a storm threat. He seemed to like it in an odd sort of way.
A tropical storm hit the coast on July 5th; two days after my 40th birthday and the day of my father's wake. The ground was so saturated at the cemetary that it delayed his final rest by a couple of days.
The worst hurricane disaster in the history of the United States slammed our home town on the day before what would have been my dad's 69th birthday. In between, I write a song that, in a strange way, sort of relates to all those events. Though that was never my intent. It's funny sometimes how things work out.
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