We've been glued to coverage of Hurricane Katrina. Things just seem to get worse by the hour. It is awful. So many folks who have lost so much are those with the least to lose. It is really sad.

In my head, I keep hearing Lucinda Williams' great song about New Orleans "Crescent City". New Orleans might never be the same, a terrible thing because it is such a unique place.

Everybody's had a few
Now they're talking about who knows who
I'm going back to the Crescent City
Where everything's still the same
This town has said what it has to say
Now I'm after that back highway
And the longest bridge I've ever crossed over Pontchartrain
Tu le ton temps that's what we say
We used to dance the night away
Me and my sister me and my brother
We used to walk down by the river
Mama lives in Mandeville
I can hardly wait untilI can hear my Zydeco and laissez le bon ton roulet
And take rides in open cars
My brother knows where the best bars are
Let's see how these blues'll do in the town where the good times stay
Tu le ton temps that's all we say
We used to dance the night away
Me and my sister me and my brother
We used to walk down by the river