Wasn't That A Mighty Storm Lyrics - Other Voices, Too (a Trip Back To Bountiful) - Nanci Griffith

Wasn't that a mighty storm? Yeah 

Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning? 

Wasn't that a mighty storm? 

Blew all the people away 

Galveston had a sea wall 

Meant to keep the water down 

High tide from the ocean 

Sent water all over town 

Wasn't that a mighty storm? Yeah 

Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning? 

Wasn't that a mighty storm? 

Blew all the people away 

Well, now the year was 1900 

Fifty long years ago 

Death came walking on the water 

Death calls, you gotta go 

The trumpets sounded warning 

Said it's time to leave this place 

But no one thought about leaving town 

Till death stared them in the face 

Wasn't that a mighty storm? 

Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning? 

Wasn't that a mighty storm? 

Blew all the people away 

Then the sea started boiling 

A thing that no ship could withstand 

Think I heard a sea captain cryin' out 

Somebody save a drownin' man 

Had two trains loaded 

People trying to leave the town 

Tracks gave way to the water now 

All of those people drowned 

Wasn't that a mighty storm? 

Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning? 

Wasn't that a mighty storm? 

Yes, blew all the people away 

I said way back in 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 the knee 

You came and put a stone on my mother, oh 

Coming after me 

Wasn't that a mighty storm? 

Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning? 

Wasn't that a mighty storm? 

Blew all the people away 

Wasn't that a mighty storm? 

Wasn't that a mighty storm in the water? 

Wasn't that a mighty storm? 

Blew all the people away