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LIFE AS I SEE
By: Carolina Gallop 2005

NOT THE SAME
KATRINA REALLY TORE INTO
OUR LIVES

NO CITY, MISSING FRIENDS, NO
HEALTH INSURANCE
NO GREAT PARTIES,
WONDERFUL, UNFORGETABLE
FRIENDS
AND OUR SECURITY

SECURE IN EVERYTHING WE
KNOW
BUT KNOW NO LONGER.

WHERE’S THE HOPE, THE JOY,
THE JE NO SE QUA?
WHAT HAPPENED, WE KNOW
KATRINA

BUT FOR MANY OF US LIFE
SEIZED LONG AGO
STUCK IN JOBS WE HATED,
AROUND PEOPLE WE DIDN’T
LIKE
OR DIDN’T LIKE SERVING
THE JEALOUSIES AND
INSECURITIES
ALL TAKEN AWAY BY THE
TIDES

BIG HOMES, BIG DREAMS,
GONE
WHERE ARE MY FRIENDS
WHOM I VALUE
VALUE MORE THAN GOLD AND
LIFE ITSELF
WHERE????

AS TIME GOES ON, TIME
STANDS STILL
STILL FOR MOST OF US
STANDING. STANDING.
WAITING.
FOR WHAT? WE DON’T KNOW.
DON’T KNOW WHICH WAY TO
MOVE
LEFT OR RIGHT
EAST OR WEST
BACK OR FORTH
NORTH OR NORTH EAST

SAME AS BEFORE, YET
DIFFERENT
THERE’S NO CHOICE NOW
WE MUST GO ONLY FORWARD

WHERE DO I STAND
IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF THIS

DO I STAND IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE RIVER
THE LAKE OR THE SWAMPS?

WHERE AND WHAT IS HOME
NOW?

THEY SAY THAT HOME IS
WHERE THE HEART IS
I NO LONGER BELIEVE THAT
AS I AM FROM A FOREIGN LAND
MYSELF
LIVING IN A FOREIGN LAND
MYSELF

AGAIN, WHERE IS HOME
WHEN HOME WAS WHERE I
MADE IT
NEW ORLEANS

I AM CALLING OUT YOUR NAME
NEW ORLEANS, NEW ORLEANS,
NEW ORLEANS

NO WHERE HAS BEEN AS HOME
TO ME
LIKE NEW ORLEANS
THE CULTURE, THE PEOPLE,
THE PARTIES
WOW!!!!!

THERE’S A LOT TO BE MISSED
I CAN LEAVE, AND NEVER
RETURN
BUT THE HOLE IN MY HEART
SHALL REMAIN

NEW ORLEANS, NEW ORLEANS,
NEW ORLEANS

I SHOUT YOUR NAME

NEW ORLEANS!!!!!!!

FAVORITE
RESTAURANTS

Maximo's Italian Grill
1117 Decatur Street
504-586-8883

El Gato Negro
French Market Street
next to Louisiana Pizza
Kitchen
French Quarter

Herbsaint Restaurant -
French
504-524-4114

Rock-N-Sake Japanese
Restaurant
504-581-7253

Bayona Restaurant -
American
504-525-4455

Bombay Club - French
504-586-0972

GALATOIRES - creole
504-525-2021

Irene's Italian Restaurant
504-529-8811

Jimmy Buffett's
Margaritaville Cafe
504-592-2565

RIO MAR Restaurant
Warehouse District -
Tchoupitoulas St.

Rib Room - Steaks
504-529-5333

Five Happiness - Chinese
504-482-3935

Pascal's Manales -
American
Best BBQ Shrimps ever
504-895-4877

Guys Po Boys
Best Po Boy Sandwiches
and homemade goods
daily - located on
Magazine Street