Music Video - Song for Rockaway (Ain't No One Here But Us Volunteers) - by Amanda Cole

This song is for my fellow volunteers who did time in Rockaway, NY that first few weeks after Hurricane Sandy, and for all the folks who are struggling still in freezing/moldy homes, and within a system that needs to catch up to their life threatening needs, hear them out, and help them now, before another ice-block week passes.

Song for Rockaway (Ain't No One Here But Us Volunteers)

Thought that I could just come out for a day
do my thing with everybody then walk away
saw an impossible mountain to climb
with all of the rest catching their breath ready to try

And there you were right by my side
while all of the broken people, eyes open wide
standing in line while decisions were made
with a wave of a hand what would be their fate

So many have come old and young
have come bearing shovels instead of guns
have come for the love, not inspired to run
have come to turn it all to resilience

Someone please hear their cries
they're silent unless you look them right in the eyes
ten thousand or more in our own back yards
with their icebox homes in a moldy jar

La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la

No help at all!
Where's the money and the man when you need him in the flood zone?!
Can't you hear their call?
Don't put a dollar sign saying sold on the flood zone!
Can't you hear their call?
Can't you hear their call in the flood zone, in the flood zone, in the flood zone...

Now I'm here wondering how
this ball will keep on rolling, so fragile
So many less then there were last week
while the heart of Rockaway continues to beat

So many have come old and young
have come bearing shovels instead of guns
have come for the love, not inspired to run
have come to turn it all to resilience

No help at all!
Where's the money and the Mayor when you need him in the flood zone!?
Can't you hear their call?
Don't put a dollar sign saying sold on the flood zone!
Can't you hear their call?
The system (Congress) is getting old in the flood zone!
Can't you hear their call?
Can't you hear their call in the flood zone, in the flood zone, in the flood zone...

And there you were right by my side...
And there you were right by my side...
And there you were right by my side...

lyrics and music, Amanda Cole 2013
Keyboards, vox, Robert Barnes
Bass, Tom McHugh
Drums, vox, Alexey Artemov

Thanks as always to George and Kimberly at the Red Hook Star Revue.

http://vimeo.com/58053323