No Higher Ground Lyrics - Singles - Greg Trooper

Down from the sky 

Up from the raging sea 

In the blink of an eye 

Water's all you can see 

All you could hear was the wind and rain 

Nobody told us 'bout a hurricane 

And if they had 

could we escape such a terrible sound? 

In Galveston 

There ain't no higher ground 

We had plenty of hope 

When this brand new century began 

Now there's six thousand gone 

Some say it might have been ten 

We're the finest country 

And the smartest too 

We certainly know more 

Than the Cubans do 

So Why do we bury our dead 

In the water Where they all drown? 

In Galveston 

Their ain't no higher ground 

The rain gave up 

And the sea she laid back down 

No tellin' how long 

'Til all the bodies are found 

Does Washington care? 

Does Houston know? 

We're an island in the gulf of Mexico 

Guess they'll be lending a hand 

As soon as the word gets 'round 

In Galveston 

There ain't no higher ground