Betsy Lyrics

news reports said she was on her way and dad thought it a good idea to stay to see if she was worth all the fuss at 11 o'clock the wind just died and everybody on our block breathed a sigh of relief, thinkin' she wasn't gonna visit us mama even sent us all to bed me cursing her under my breath mama sayin' "boy get in back and don't you cuss" by midnight i was fast asleep lyin' next to my sister lisa sleeping the sleep of the just then i heard the devil knockin' on my window mama said "babe it's only wind blowin'" i heard death rattling chains mama said "babe it's only rain" i heard the gates of hell swing open mama said "babe that's a screen door broken" i heard the devil knockin' again next i knew we had a hurricane Betsy was a mean old lady, yeah she was meaner than my old man or my old man's mama was well i thought i could take a beating, i thought could but betsy, that old lady whipped us good the next day was a hell of a sight no tellin' how many died the water in our street ran four feet deep folks tried to save their automobiles lived for their cars and died by the wheel drowning in their drivers seats so next time that lady comes to town i tell you baby i ain't hangin' round you can catch my tail lights on the I10 heading west when i hear the devil knockin on my window don't tell me its only wind blowin...