By 2009, over 40 songs had been written and performed as charity to Katrina relief. Among these songs include:
"Love is Free" by Cheryl Crow
Another day
Another dollar down the drain
You go to town
No one's around
Cause if you drown
there ain't no hope for coming back
Devil take your money
Money's got no hold on me
Oh oh everybody's making love
cause love is free
"The Saints Are Coming" by Green Day & U2
A drowning sorrow floods the deepest grief,
how long now?
Until the weather change condemns belief,
how long now?
When the night watchman lets in the thief
Whats wrong now?
The saints are coming, the saints are coming
I say no matter how I try, I realise there's no reply.
The saints are coming, the saints are coming
"Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On" by Jimmy Buffett
I bought a cheap watch from a crazy man
Floating down canal
It doesn't use numbers or moving hands
It always just says now
If a hurricane doesn't leave you dead
It will make you strong
Don't try to explain it just nod your head
Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On
"The Little Things Give You Away" by Linkin Park
And now there will be no mistaking
The levees are breaking
All you've ever wanted
Was someone to truly look up to you
Hope decays
Generations disappear
Washed away
As a nation simply stares
Some of these lyrics were written to give hope to the victims of the disaster, while other songs criticized the way that the situation was handled by the government.
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