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