I stand in line
That kid's not right
Some line of sight
Still got the hype

Hurricane's gone to school
La la la, ooh la la la, ooh la la la
Hurricane breaks the rules
La la la, ooh la la la, ooh la
Hurricane makes it good
La la la, ooh la la la, ooh la la la
Hurricane knew you would
Knew you would, yeah knew you would

I've got new shoes
Intelligence included
I fit right in
Still I somehow feel deluded

Cause Hurricane's gone to school
La la la, ooh la la la, ooh la la la
Hurricane breaks the rules
La la la, ooh la la la, ooh la
Hurricane makes it good
La la la, ooh la la la, ooh la la la
Hurricane knew you would
Knew you would, yeah knew you would

Ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh la
Hurricane makes it good
La la la, ooh la la la, ooh la la la
Hurricane knew you would
La la la, ooh la la la, ooh la
Hurricane knew you would
Knew you would, yeah knew you would

I've got bad news
I've never been included
I try too hard
Still I somehow feel deluded

Cause Hurricane's gone to school
La la la, ooh la la la, ooh la la la
Hurricane breaks the rules
La la la, ooh la la la, ooh la
Hurricane makes it good
La la la, ooh la la la, ooh la la la
Hurricane knew you would
Knew you would, yeah knew you would

Ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh la
Hurricane makes it good
La la la, ooh la la la, ooh la la la
Hurricane knew you would
La la la, ooh la la la, ooh la
Hurricane knew you would
Knew you would, yeah knew you would

Pistols shots ring out in the barroom night
Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall
She sees the bartender in a pool of blood
Cries out My God they killed them all
Here comes the story of the Hurricane
The man the authorities came to blame
For something that he never done
Put him in a prison cell but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world.

Three bodies lying there does Patty see
And another man named Bello moving around mysteriously
I didn't do it he says and he throws up his hands
I was only robbing the register I hope you understand
I saw them leaving he says and he stops
One of us had better call up the cops
And so Patty calls the cops
And they arrive on the scene with their red lights flashing
In the hot New Jersey night.

Meanwhile far away in another part of town
Rubin Carter and a couple of friends are driving around
Number one contender for the middleweight crown
Had no idea what kinda shit was about to go down
When a cop pulled him over to the side of the road
Just like the time before and the time before that
In Patterson that's just the way things go
If you're black you might as well not shown up on the street
'Less you wanna draw the heat.

Alfred Bello had a partner and he had a rap for the corps
Him and Arthur Dexter Bradley were just out prowling around
He said I saw two men running out they looked like middleweights
They jumped into a white car with out-of-state plates
And Miss Patty Valentine just nodded her head
Cop said Wait a minute boys this one's not dead
So they took him to the infirmary
And though this man could hardly see
They told him that he could identify the guilty men.

Four in the morning and they haul Rubin in
Take him to the hospital and they bring him upstairs
The wounded man looks up through his one dying eye
Says Wha'd you bring him in here for ? He ain't the guy !
Yes here comes the story of the Hurricane
The man the authorities came to blame
For something that he never done
Put in a prison cell but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world.

Four months later the ghettos are in flame
Rubin's in South America fighting for his name
While Arthur Dexter Bradley's still in the robbery game
And the cops are putting the screws to him looking for somebody to blame
Remember that murder that happened in a bar ?
Remember you said you saw the getaway car?
You think you'd like to play ball with the law ?
Think it might-a been that fighter you saw running that night ?
Don't forget that you are white.

Arthur Dexter Bradley said I'm really not sure
Cops said A boy like you could use a break
We got you for the motel job and we're talking to your friend Bello
Now you don't wanta have to go back to jail be a nice fellow
You'll be doing society a favor
That sonofabitch is brave and getting braver
We want to put his ass in stir
We want to pin this triple murder on him
He ain't no Gentleman Jim.

Rubin could take a man out with just one punch
But he never did like to talk about it all that much
It's my work he'd say and I do it for pay
And when it's over I'd just as soon go on my way
Up to some paradise
Where the trout streams flow and the air is nice
And ride a horse along a trail
But then they took him to the jailhouse
Where they try to turn a man into a mouse.

All of Rubin's cards were marked in advance
The trial was a pig-circus he never had a chance
The judge made Rubin's witnesses drunkards from the slums
To the white folks who watched he was a revolutionary bum
And to the black folks he was just a crazy nigger
No one doubted that he pulled the trigger
And though they could not produce the gun
The DA said he was the one who did the deed
And the all-white jury agreed.

Rubin Carter was falsely tried
The crime was murder 'one' guess who testified
Bello and Bradley and they both baldly lied
And the newspapers they all went along for the ride
How can the life of such a man
Be in the palm of some fool's hand ?
To see him obviously framed
Couldn't help but make me feel ashamed to live in a land
Where justice is a game.

Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties
Are free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise
While Rubin sits like Buddha in a ten-foot cell
An innocent man in a living hell
That's the story of the Hurricane
But it won't be over till they clear his name
And give him back the time he's done
Put him in a prison cell but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world.

I felt the
Faint trace of thunder
Rattle this old house
I saw the fire light the sky
But there's no sign of rain anywhere

I need a hurricane
To empty out this place
Seems it's the only way
To salvage any sense I have left
To move on

I'm waiting
To hear your voice again
And lighten up this heart
I'm holding on to stupid memories
But I see you in every little thing

I need a hurricane
To straighted out this place
It maybe the only way
To salvage any sense I have left
To move on

I need a hurricane
To ravage through place
I think it's the only way
To salvage any sense
I have left
To move on

I felt the
Faint trace of thunder
But there's no sign of rain anywhere
No, there's no sign of you anywhere

No matter how many times that you told me you wanted to leave
No matter how many breaths that you took you still couldn't breathe
No matter how many nights that you lied wide awake to the sound of the poison rain

Where did you go? where did you go? where did you go?

Heart beat, a heart beat, I need a... heart beat, a heart beat...

Tell me would you kill to save for a life?
Tell me would you kill to prove you’re right?
Crash, crash, burn let it all burn
This hurricane’s chasing us all underground

No matter how many deaths that I die, I will never forget
No matter how many lives I live, I will never regret
There's a fire inside this heart and a riot about to explode into flames
Where is your God? Where is your God? Where is your God? ...

Do you really want?
Do you really want me?
Do you really want me dead?
Or alive to torture for my sins?

Do you really want?
[heart beat, a heart beat]
Do you really want me?
[I need a.. heart beat, a heart beat]
Do you really want me dead?
[you know I gotta leave, I can't stay,
I know I gotta go, I can't stay]
Or alive to live a lie?

Tell me would you kill to save for a life?
Tell me would you kill to prove you’re right?
Crash, crash, burn let it all burn
This hurricane’s chasing us all underground

You say you wrong, you wrong, I'm right, I'm right, you're wrong, we fight
Ok, I'm running from the light, running from the day to night
Oh, the quiet silence defines our misery
The riot inside keeps trying to visit me
No matter how we try, it's too much history
Too many bad notes playing in our symphony
So let it breathe, let it fly, let it go
Let it fall, let it crash, burn slow
And then you call upon God
Oh you call upon God

Tell me would you kill to save for a life?
Tell me would you kill to prove you’re right?
Crash, crash, burn let it all burn
This hurricane’s chasing us all underground

This hurricane...

Do you really want?
Do you really want me?
Do you really want me dead?
Or alive to torture for my sins?

Do you really want?
Do you really want me?
Do you really want me dead?
Or alive to live a lie

Running away from the night, running away from the light
Running away to save you’re life

Pistol shots ring out in the barroom night
Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall.
She sees the bartender in a pool of blood,
Cries out, My God, they killed them all!
Here comes the story of the Hurricane,
The man the authorities came to blame
For somethin' that he never done.
Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world.
Three bodies lyin' there does Patty see
And another man named Bello, movin' around mysteriously.
I didn't do it, he says, and he throws up his hands
I was only robbin' the register, I hope you understand.
I saw them leavin', he says, and he stops
One of us had better call up the cops.
And so Patty calls the cops
And they arrive on the scene with their red lights flashin'
In the hot New Jersey night.
Meanwhile, far away in another part of town
Rubin Carter and a couple of friends are drivin' around.
Number one contender for the middleweight crown
Had no idea what kinda shit was about to go down
When a cop pulled him over to the side of the road
Just like the time before and the time before that.
In Paterson that's just the way things go.
If you're black you might as well not show up on the street
'Less you wanna draw the heat.
Alfred Bello had a partner and he had a rap for the cops.
Him and Arthur Dexter Bradley were just out prowlin' around
He said, I saw two men runnin' out, they looked like middleweights
They jumped into a white car with out-of-state plates.
And Miss Patty Valentine just nodded her head.
Cop said, Wait a minute, boys, this one's not dead.
So they took him to the infirmary
And though this man could hardly see
They told him that he could identify the guilty men.
Four in the mornin' and they haul Rubin in,
Take him to the hospital and they bring him upstairs.
The wounded man looks up through his one dyin' eye
Says, Wha'd you bring him in here for? He ain't the guy!
Yes, here's the story of the Hurricane,
The man the authorities came to blame
For somethin' that he never done.
Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world.
Four months later, the ghettos are in flame,
Rubin's in South America, fightin' for his name
While Arthur Dexter Bradley's still in the robbery game
And the cops are puttin' the screws to him, lookin' for somebody to blame.
Remember that murder that happened in a bar?
Remember you said you saw the getaway car?
You think you'd like to play ball with the law?
Think it might-a been that fighter that you saw runnin' that night?
Don't forget that you are white.
Arthur Dexter Bradley said, I'm really not sure.
Cops said, A poor boy like you could use a break
We got you for the motel job and we're talkin' to your friend Bello
Now you don't wanta have to go back to jail, be a nice fellow.
You'll be doin' society a favor.
That sonofabitch is brave and gettin' braver.
We want to put his ass in stir
We want to pin this triple murder on him
He ain't no Gentleman Jim.
Rubin could take a man out with just one punch
But he never did like to talk about it all that much.
It's my work, he'd say, and I do it for pay
And when it's over I'd just as soon go on my way
Up to some paradise
Where the trout streams flow and the air is nice
And ride a horse along a trail.
But then they took him to the jailhouse
Where they try to turn a man into a mouse.
All of Rubin's cards were marked in advance
The trial was a pig-circus, he never had a chance.
The judge made Rubin's witnesses drunkards from the slums
To the white folks who watched he was a revolutionary bum
And to the black folks he was just a crazy nigger.
No one doubted that he pulled the trigger.
And though they could not produce the gun,
The D.A. said he was the one who did the deed
And the all-white jury agreed.
Rubin Carter was falsely tried.
The crime was murder one, guess who testified?
Bello and Bradley and they both boldly lied
And the newspapers, they all went along for the ride.
How can the life of such a man
Be in the palm of some fool's hand?
To see him obviously framed
Couldn't help but make me feel ashamed to live in a land
Where justice is a game.
Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties
Are free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise
While Rubin sits like Buddha in a ten-foot cell
An innocent man in a living hell.
That's the story of the Hurricane,
But it won't be over till they clear his name
And give him back the time he's done.
Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world.

In the fallout now
It's hard to feel like we can turn around
With the damage done
It's hard to see how far we've come
We could not be proud
Of where our feet have walked along the ground
In the silence now
We play it back and forwards again

There's a sound in our guiltiness
It's a warning bell that rings
It's a call for our lonliness
And we can't see

We roll the dice we play like fools
We plead with time to change the rules
Its like a hurricane is coming our way
We've all been warned but we still chose to stay

I can't believe it now the time has come

Play the victim here
You know it's nothing but your pride and fear
But the more you hurt
The more you love the one you were

There's a sound in our guiltiness
It's a warning bell that rings
It's a call for our lonliness
And we can't see

We roll the dice we play like fools
We plead with time to change the rules
Its like a hurricane is coming our way
We've all been warned but we still chose to stay

I can't believe it now the time has come

In the light of the mourning
Can we change what we felt and heard
Can we turn it into the glory
Break the paths of our fathers before us
Though we stand on the outside
We will find what we once believed
And will crawl our way to the clear skies
Standing up we are
Standing up we are

We roll the dice we play like fools
We plead with time to change the rules
Its like a hurricane is coming our way
We've all been warned but we still chose to stay

I can't believe it now the time has come

You drove into town like the wind.
Hot on the heels of the rain.
And in your eyes all is calm.
That's why they call you Hurricane.

You blow me away.
You blow me away.

Ooh, what a powerful force
howling around in my brain.
Knocking me down with your touch.
Mmm, that's why they call you Hurricane.

You blow me away.
Oh, oh, you blow me away.

Hurricane gonna kill me!
Honey, you sure do thrill me!
Swallow me without a sound.
Hurricane is a-rising,
hot and so surprising.
Forecast warns I'm gonna drown.
Blow me and swell me on down.

You blow me away.
You blow me away!
Ah, ah-mmm, blow me away.

Hurricane gonna kill me!
Ah, honey you sure do thrill me!
Swallow me without a sound.
Hurricane is a-rising,
hot and so surprising!
Forecast warns I'm gonna drown.
Baby, just go on down!

Leave broken hearts in your wake.
I ain't the one to complain, no, no, no!
You blow all the lives that you take.
Give me a ride, won't you Hurricane?

You blow me away.
You blow me away.
Oh, Hurricane, blow me away.
You, only you, blow me away, ahh.

Hurricane is rising, it keeps surprising me.
Spinnin' me around and around.
Don't let me down.
Hurricane is rising, it keeps surprising me.
Hurry, hurry, Hurricane.

Tell me you love me.
He really does love me.
Spinnin' me around and around.
Don't let me down.
Hurricane is rising, it keeps surprising me.
Hurry, hurry, Hurricane.

Baby, you and I sky high!
You and I sky high!
Baby, you and I sky high!
You and I sky high!
Destiny is calling me.
All I want is calling me away.

Hurricane

Pistol shots ring out in the barroom night
Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall.
She sees the bartender in a pool of blood,
Cries out, My God, they killed them all!
Here comes the story of the Hurricane,
The man the authorities came to blame
For somethin' that he never done.
Put in a prison cell,
but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world.

Three bodies lyin' there does Patty see
And another man named Bello,
movin' around mysteriously.
I didn't do it, he says,
and he throws up his hands
I was only robbin' the register,
I hope you understand.
I saw them leavin', he says, and he stops
One of us had better call up the cops.
And so Patty calls the cops
And they arrive on the scene
with their red lights flashin'
In the hot New Jersey night.

Meanwhile, far away
in another part of town
Rubin Carter and a couple of friends
are drivin' around.
Number one contender
for the middleweight crown
Had no idea what kinda shit was about
to go down
When a cop pulled him over
to the side of the road
Just like the time before and the time before that.
In Paterson that's just the way things go.
If you're black you might as well not show
up on the street
'Less you wanna draw the heat.

Alfred Bello had a partner and he had
a rap for the cops.
Him and Arthur Dexter Bradley
were just out prowlin' around
He said, I saw two men runnin' out,
they looked like middleweights
They jumped into a white car
with out-of-state plates.
And Miss Patty Valentine just nodded her head.
Cop said, Wait a minute, boys,
this one's not dead
So they took him to the infirmary
And though this man could hardly see
They told him that he could identify the guilty men.

Four in the mornin' and they haul Rubin in,
Take him to the hospital
and they bring him upstairs.
The wounded man looks up through
his one dyin' eye
Says, Wha'd you bring him in here for?
He ain't the guy!
Yes, here's the story of the Hurricane,
The man the authorities came to blame
For somethin' that he never done.
Put in a prison cell,
but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world.

Four months later,
the ghettos are in flame,
Rubin's in South America,
fightin' for his name
While Arthur Dexter Bradley's
still in the robbery game
And the cops are puttin' the screws to him, lookin' for somebody to blame.
Remember that murder that happened in a bar?
Remember you said you saw
the getaway car?
You think you'd like
to play ball with the law?
Think it might-a been that fighter that you saw
runnin' that night?
Don't forget that you are white.

Arthur Dexter Bradley said,
I'm really not sure.
Cops said, A poor boy
like you could use a break
We got you for the motel job
and we're talkin' to your friend Bello
Now you don't wanta have to go back to jail,
be a nice fellow.
You'll be doin' society a favor.
That sonofabitch is brave and gettin' braver.
We want to put his ass in stir
We want to pin this triple murder on him
He ain't no Gentleman Jim.

Rubin could take a man
out with just one punch
But he never did like to talk about it all that much.
It's my work, he'd say, and I do it for pay
And when it's over I'd just as soon go on my way
Up to some paradise
Where the trout streams flow
and the air is nice
And ride a horse along a trail.
But then they took him to the jailhouse
Where they try to turn a man
into a mouse.

All of Rubin's cards were marked
in advance
The trial was a pig-circus,
he never had a chance.
The judge made Rubin's
witnesses drunkards from the slums
To the white folks who watched
he was a revolutionary bum
And to the black folks he was
just a crazy nigger.
No one doubted that he pulled the trigger.
And though they could not produce the gun,
The D.A. said he was the one who did the deed
And the all-white jury agreed.

Rubin Carter was falsely tried.
The crime was murder one,
guess who testified?
Bello and Bradley and they both baldly lied
And the newspapers, they all went along
for the ride.
How can the life of such a man
Be in the palm of some fool's hand?
To see him obviously framed
Couldn't help but make me feel ashamed
to live in a land
Where justice is a game.

Now all the criminals
in their coats and their ties
Are free to drink martinis
and watch the sun rise
While Rubin sits like Buddha
in a ten-foot cell
An innocent man in a living hell.
That's the story of the Hurricane,
But it won't be over till they clear his name
And give him back the time he's done.
Put in a prison cell,
but one time he's gonna be
The champion of the world.

No matter how many times that you told me you wanted to leave
No matter how many breaths that you took, you still couldn't breathe
No matter how many nights that you'd lie wide awake to the sound of the poison rain
Where did you go
Where did you go
Where did you go

As days go by the night's on fire

Tell me, would you kill to save a life
Tell me, would you kill to prove you're right?
Crash, crash, burn, let it all burn
This hurricane's chasing us all underground

No matter how many deaths that I die, I will never forget
No matter how many lies that I live, I will never regret
There is a fire inside of this heart and a riot about to explode into flames
Where is your God
Where is your God
Where is your God

Do you really want
Do you really want me
Do you really want me dead
Or alive to torture for sins

Do you really want
Do you really want me
Do you really want me dead
Or alive to live a lie

Tell me, would you kill to save a life
Tell me, would you kill to prove you're right
Crash, crash, burn, let it all burn
This hurricane's chasing us all underground

The promises we made were not enough
The prayer that we had prayed were like a drug
The secrets that we sould were never known
The love we had, the love we had
We had to let it go

Tell me, would you kill to save a life
Tell me, would you kill to prove you're right
Crash, crash, burn, let it all burn
This hurricane's chasing us all underground

Do you really want
Do you really want me
Do you really want me dead
Or alive to torture for sins

Do you really want
Do you really want me
Do you really want me dead
Or alive to live a lie

Rihanna, Rupee uh
Warning, warning! The hurricanes coming.
So all you haters out there, yes you better start running .
Lock your doors protect your homes.
The hurricanes coming through the microphone.
Blowing up right through your zone.
Coming straight toward your throne. (coming straight for your throne)
Hurricane it’s the hurricane.(hurricane it’s the hurricane)
Blowing holes right through your brain.
Hurricane it’s the hurricane
Hurricane

(Kill it Rihanna, yo)
Straight out the Carribean sea.
You know you gotta feel me.
Im a 1,2,3,4,5 category, and im so deadly.
Come from the land of Barbados .
And you know that im more dangerous.
Im coming for the come gonna huff and a puff and blow your house down.

You’ve got to dig this one.
Tell them all to run.
When its said and done,
I’ll be the champion,
moving strong and fast,
the industry’s forecast.
Just put me first and the rest of them last. (and the rest of them last)

And the rest of them last. (come on girl, uh)
Hurricane it’s the hurricane.(hurricane hurricane)
Blowing holes right through your brain. (straight through your brain)
Hurricane it’s the hurricane.
Hurricane

So you better be warned.
Don't be fooled by the eye of the storm.
Cuz when you least expect
Imma creep right in
you best protect your nest
So whoever you are(are),
no matter near or far,(far)
just check your radar,
and look out for Rihanna.
You’ve got to dig this one.
Tell them all to run.
When its said and done,
I’ll be the champion.
Warning, warning! (this is a warning)
Warning, warning!( Rupee, Rihanna)
(coming straight out of Barbados)

It's early morning
The sun comes out
Last night was shaking
And pretty loud
My cat is purring
And scratches my skin
So what is wrong
With another sin
The bitch is hungry
She needs to tell
So give her inches
And feed her well
More days to come
New places to go
I've got to leave
It's time for a show
Here I am, rock you like a hurricane
Here I am, rock you like a hurricane
My body is burning
It starts to shout
Desire is coming
It breaks out loud
Lust is in cages
Till storm breaks loose
Just have to make it
With someone I choose
The night is calling
I have to go
The wolf is hungry
He runs the show
He's licking his lips
He's ready to win
On the hunt tonight
For love at first sting
Here I am, rock you like a hurricane
Here I am, rock you like a hurricane
Here I am, rock you like a hurricane
Here I am, rock you like a hurricane

skeleton boy by the side of the road.
he warned me, he told me;
he said, "there's this woman, she's a hurricane,
she will heal your heart up, she is hurrying."

he said, "don't look for holidays.
don't look, just run away.
go suffocate, and choke your own cry.
go where the water,
where the water, seeps from the pink sky.

but behead this woman, she's a hurricane,
she will heal your heart up, and she is hurrying.

remember your reflection in a pool, in a puddle -"
and the leaves sped top-speed towards me,
and my image was muddled.

"i'm a lightheaded wonder," she said,
"don't you see my mind slow down?
i'm a lightheaded wonder
don't you see my mind slow down?
slow down

i've compassion for strangers,
an affinity for danger -
won't you be my sacrifice?

i'm a lightheaded wonder
don't you see my mind slow down for you?
for you?"

no -
you're a headless woman, you're a hurricane.
you will heal my heart up?
no, i will heal my own heart up, because you are hurting.
cause i'm a sunburn slap upon your arm,
i'll twist you til you break,
and you're a hurricane.

Send out the morning birds
To sing of the damage
Now that the calm's returned
I know I can't manage

You're standing in my doorway
Though he's asleep in my bed
The steady murmur
Always in my head

You're the finest thing that I've done
The hurricane I'll never outrun
I could wait around for the dust to still
But I don't believe that it ever will

And since the roof fell in
I'll lean on what matters
Caught in the slightest wind
Everything else unravels

You're standing in my doorway
Seven cities ago
The days are racing
But you come back too slow

You're the finest thing that I've done
The hurricane I'll never outrun
I could wait around for the dust to still
But I don't believe that it ever will

You're the finest thing that I've done
The hurricane I'll never outrun
I could wait around for the dust to still
But I don't believe that it ever will
But I don't believe that it ever will

I felt the
Faint trace of thunder
Rattle this old house
I saw the fire light the sky
But there's no sign of rain anywhere

I need a hurricane
To empty out this place
Seems it's the only way
To salvage any sense I have left
To move on

I'm waiting
To hear your voice again
And lighten up this heart
I'm holding on to stupid memories
But I see you in every little thing

I need a hurricane
To straighted out this place
It maybe the only way
To salvage any sense I have left
To move on

I need a hurricane
To ravage through place
I think it's the only way
To salvage any sense
I have left
To move on

I felt the
Faint trace of thunder
But there's no sign of rain anywhere
No, there's no sign of you anywhere

You drove into town like the wind.
Hot on the heels of the rain.
And in your eyes all is calm.
That's why they call you Hurricane.

You blow me away.
You blow me away.

Ooh, what a powerful force
howling around in my brain.
Knocking me down with your touch.
Mmm, that's why they call you Hurricane.

You blow me away.
Oh, oh, you blow me away.

Hurricane gonna kill me!
Honey, you sure do thrill me!
Swallow me without a sound.
Hurricane is a-rising,
hot and so surprising.
Forecast warns I'm gonna drown.
Blow me and swell me on down.

You blow me away.
You blow me away!
Ah, ah-mmm, blow me away.

Hurricane gonna kill me!
Ah, honey you sure do thrill me!
Swallow me without a sound.
Hurricane is a-rising,
hot and so surprising!
Forecast warns I'm gonna drown.
Baby, just go on down!

Leave broken hearts in your wake.
I ain't the one to complain, no, no, no!
You blow all the lives that you take.
Give me a ride, won't you Hurricane?

You blow me away.
You blow me away.
Oh, Hurricane, blow me away.
You, only you, blow me away, ahh.

Hurricane is rising, it keeps surprising me.
Spinnin' me around and around.
Don't let me down.
Hurricane is rising, it keeps surprising me.
Hurry, hurry, Hurricane.

Tell me you love me.
He really does love me.
Spinnin' me around and around.
Don't let me down.
Hurricane is rising, it keeps surprising me.
Hurry, hurry, Hurricane.

Baby, you and I sky high!
You and I sky high!
Baby, you and I sky high!
You and I sky high!
Destiny is calling me.
All I want is calling me away.

They say something like it's a tsunami, I'm in Miami
I'm Spinning like the street signs when the storm smashing
See you commin down the street lookin all happy
Wind pushin at your clothes lookin all classy
Like a model in a picture I stare into your eyes
I tell you to leave, yes but I pay you to fly
I barley can breath, yes you bare in the skies
But I can see you in the sky

Come on you bring me when I'm down
I only love you for the price you pay
Life is a circle but I'm afraid to say
We're spinning something like a
Hurricane a hurricane
So listen to me come
I only love you for the time you save
Life is a circle I'm afraid to say
We're spinning something like a
Hurricane, a hurricane

They say you're something when I see you're my lady Katrina
I never would leave her but my baby's a leader
Mercedes you see that
Wish you could ride with me
And you don't know about me crazy you would drive with me
And you would come lip sticks, red drippin face
Close look at your hips, I'm hugging your waist.
I'm lovin the taste of my ..
I only love you for

Come on you bring me when I'm down
I only love you for the price you pay
Life is a circle but I'm afraid to say
We're spinning something like a
Hurricane a hurricane
So listen to me come
I only love you for the time you save
Life is a circle I'm afraid to say
We're spinning something like a
Hurricane, a hurricane

If you could just tame my
You can go on and on yeahhhh
And you can just tame my
And we can go on and on forever yeah

Come on you bring me when I'm down
I only love you for the price you pay
Life is a circle but I'm afraid to say
We're spinning something like a
Hurricane a hurricane
So listen to me come
I only love you for the time you save
Life is a circle I'm afraid to say
We're spinning something like a
Hurricane, a hurricane

You bring me when I'm down
I hope I tell you for that time
That you were always on my mind
You're spinning something like a hurricane a hurricane
So listen to me come
I only love you for a day
And it'll go a faster day
You're spinning something like
A hurricane a hurricane, a hurricane.

Well I was all broke down before I got into the station
Hoping my private life has got us in translation
Receiving these mixed messages now
From a mixed up messenger
I was talking so loud but you know I don't even care

Now I don't really know
If you believe in telepathy
But if you do
I guess you know what I'm about to say now

I think we're heading
Straight outta nothing
Into a hurricane
And now we're back to nothing
Somehow things don't seem the same
Somehow things don't seem the same
Somehow things don't seem the same

I was trapped in the darkness of a subway train
Hoping you shoot me down
Before I talk myself insane
Monologue overdosed on the
On the monorail
I was grabbing the wheel
Because I must be an alpha male

Now I don't really know
If you believe in telepathy
But if you do
I guess you know what I'm about to say now

I think we're heading
Straight outta nothing
Into a hurricane
And now we're back to nothing
Somehow things don't seem the same
Somehow the things don't seem the same
Somehow the things don't seem the same

Aaaah Aaah Aaah
Oh oh Oohh

Straight outta nothing
Into a hurricane
And now we're back to nothing
Somehow things don't seem the same
Somehow things don't seem the same
Somehow the things don't seem the same

Shake down you make me break
For goodness sake
I think I'm on the edge
Of something new with you
Shout out don't drown the sound
I'll drown you out
You'll never scream so loud
As I want to scream with you

Standing there with your smile blinding
Your eyes from seeing
My face as I'm dying

To figure out a girl

But she drifts so far away
I'm on her coast
So maybe I should stay
And map around your world

[Chorus]
So don't say
"These currents are still killing me"
And you can't explain
But the wind went and pulled me into your hurricane
Into your hurricane

Stand up don't make a sound
Your ears might bleed
There are sweet fluorescent enemies
That live inside of me
The world moves faster than I knew
Not fast enough to not creep up on you
And the space we put between
So pull me under your weather patterns
Your cold fronts and the rain don't matter
Because the sun burns what I needed

[Chorus]
So don't say
"These currents are still killing me"
And you can't explain
But the wind went and pulled you into the hurricane
Into the hurricane

You don't do it on purpose
But you make me shake
Now I count the hours 'til you wake
With your babies breath
Breathe symphonies
Come on sweet catastrophe

Well, maybe this time I can follow through
I can feel complete
Stop paying dues
Stop the rain from falling
Keep my ocean calm
This time I know nothing's wrong

[Chorus]
So don't say
"These currents are still killing me"
And you can't explain
But the wind went and pulled me in and no,
You don't say
"These currents are still killing me"
And you can't explain
But the wind went and pulled me into your hurricane
Into your hurricane
Into your hurricane

I feel nothing, said I don't feel nothing,
and I won't feel nothing at all.
I felt something, said I really felt something
and I won't take nothing at all.

Get me up, get me up, now I've suffered
My life has blown me away
I can't breathe, said I can't breathe nothin'
And I won't fuckin' breathe at all

I feel nothin', said I don't feel nothin'
And I won't feel nothing at all
Found somethin', said I really found somethin'
And I won't take nothin' at all

Get me up, get me up, I've suffered
My life has done me away
Can't breathe, said I can't breathe nothin'
And I can't fuckin' breathe at all

I am a genius
I am a diamond
My Pretty tongue gives you freezer burn
I think above you
in three dimensions
Come in here, you can never return

(chorus)
Like a hurricane
in the face of the wind and the rain
like a hurricane
when you open you open a vein

I see your headlights across my ceiling
you are a puppet of a wish I made
They never touch me, they say I'm brain,
my mother's brain

(chorus)
Like a hurricane
in the face of the wind and the rain
like a hurricane

when you open you open a vein
You plant a seed in my mind

I walk around and I speak your message
For myself I don't know what to say
I walk around and I speak your message

(chorus)
Like a hurricane
in the face of the wind and the rain
like a hurricane
when you open you open a vein
Give me more give me more Novocain

Skies ripped open by the sun
Daylight comes but not soon enough
Speed down your track in search of you
Strapped to the back of what we do

Anaesthetize these troubled nerves
Over to you to make it work

Agents of change set headfires
I'd rather starve than fake alive
Lost to the cities of the night
Lost in the world to make it right

[Chorus]
Heartbreak
Heartbreaking
Novocaine won't help the pain
I'm out of control
I'm a hurricane
Head and heart are broken down
Out of control, I'm in a hurricane
Hurricane

Win some ground but I lose you
It's never explained how to make it through
No rope, no cash, no serpentine
All love buried on a bonfire

[Chorus]

Good to see you follow
Good to see you come again

[Chorus]

Miles of Water

We're back again
Like hurricane
we're getting strong
and nothing will go wrong

we're back from track
Like a heart attack
we will never stop
until we reach the top

All the places we grew up,
We're playing hide and seek,
Disappearing while we all sleep

Is it something we gotta get used to?
Is it something we gotta get used to? whoa.

Hurricane.
Oh hurricane.

All the millions that we marched with
It never made a sound, never made a sound on your lips.

Is it something we gotta get used to?
But we're not giving up the coastline so easily.

Oh hurricane.
Oh hurricane.

I don't wanna run,
I've been here since I was young
What we see today could be gone within the hour.

Oh hurricane, what you gonna do to us this time?
Oh hurricane, what you gonna do to us this time?

Oh hurricane!

Is it something we gotta get used to?
(x2)
and it's something we gotta get used to..
and we're not giving up the coastline so easily.

Oh hurricane!

It came on like a hurricane
And I don't understand
And it moved me like a slow dance
Still I don't understand

It pushed me like a tailwind
And I don't understand
And it came in through the back door
And I don't understand

Still I don't understand
You're all that I could be
And I'm falling on my knees
Hurricane

You pulled me out of the past
And landed me in today
Hurricane

It picked me like a cherry
And I don't understand
And it killed me with the craving
Still I don't understand

It thrilled me to starvation
And I don't understand
And it stripped me ugly naked
Still I don't understand

No I don't understand
Hurricane
You pulled me out of the past
And landed me in today

Hurricane
You pulled me out of the past
And walked me into tomorrow
Hurricane

You're all that I could need
And I'm falling on my knees
You're all that I could be (You're all that I could be)
And I'm falling on my knees (I'm falling on my knees)

Hurricane
You pulled me out of the past
And landed me in today
Hurricane

Pistols shots ring out in the barroom night
Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall
She sees the bartender in a pool of blood
Cries out "My God they killed them all"
Here comes the story of the Hurricane
The man the authorities came to blame
For something that he never done
Put him in a prison cell but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world.

Three bodies lying there does Patty see
And another man named Bello moving around mysteriously
"I didn't do it" he says and he throws up his hands
"I was only robbing the register I hope you understand
I saw them leaving" he says and he stops
"One of us had better call up the cops"
And so Patty calls the cops
And they arrive on the scene with their red lights flashing
In the hot New Jersey night.

Meanwhile far away in another part of town
Rubin Carter and a couple of friends are driving around
Number one contender for the middleweight crown
Had no idea what kinda shit was about to go down
When a cop pulled him over to the side of the road
Just like the time before and the time before that
In Patterson that's just the way things go
If you're black you might as well not shown up on the street
'Less you wanna draw the heat.

Alfred Bello had a partner and he had a rap for the corps
Him and Arthur Dexter Bradley were just out prowling around
He said "I saw two men running out they looked like middleweights
They jumped into a white car with out-of-state plates"
And Miss Patty Valentine just nodded her head
Cop said "Wait a minute boys this one's not dead"
So they took him to the infirmary
And though this man could hardly see
They told him that he could identify the guilty men.

Four in the morning and they haul Rubin in
Take him to the hospital and they bring him upstairs
The wounded man looks up through his one dying eye
Says "Wha'd you bring him in here for ? He ain't the guy !"
Yes here comes the story of the Hurricane
The man the authorities came to blame
For something that he never done
Put in a prison cell but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world.

Four months later the ghettos are in flame
Rubin's in South America fighting for his name
While Arthur Dexter Bradley's still in the robbery game
And the cops are putting the screws to him looking for somebody to blame
"Remember that murder that happened in a bar ?"
"Remember you said you saw the getaway car?"
"You think you'd like to play ball with the law ?"
"Think it might-a been that fighter you saw running that night ?"
"Don't forget that you are white".

Arthur Dexter Bradley said "I'm really not sure"
Cops said "A boy like you could use a break
We got you for the motel job and we're talking to your friend Bello
Now you don't wanta have to go back to jail be a nice fellow
You'll be doing society a favor
That sonofabitch is brave and getting braver
We want to put his ass in stir
We want to pin this triple murder on him
He ain't no Gentleman Jim".

Rubin could take a man out with just one punch
But he never did like to talk about it all that much
It's my work he'd say and I do it for pay
And when it's over I'd just as soon go on my way
Up to some paradise
Where the trout streams flow and the air is nice
And ride a horse along a trail
But then they took him to the jailhouse
Where they try to turn a man into a mouse.

All of Rubin's cards were marked in advance
The trial was a pig-circus he never had a chance
The judge made Rubin's witnesses drunkards from the slums
To the white folks who watched he was a revolutionary bum
And to the black folks he was just a crazy nigger
No one doubted that he pulled the trigger
And though they could not produce the gun
The DA said he was the one who did the deed
And the all-white jury agreed.

Rubin Carter was falsely tried
The crime was murder 'one' guess who testified
Bello and Bradley and they both baldly lied
And the newspapers they all went along for the ride
How can the life of such a man
Be in the palm of some fool's hand ?
To see him obviously framed
Couldn't help but make me feel ashamed to live in a land
Where justice is a game.

Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties
Are free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise
While Rubin sits like Buddha in a ten-foot cell
An innocent man in a living hell
That's the story of the Hurricane
But it won't be over till they clear his name
And give him back the time he's done
Put him in a prison cell but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world.

Standing here in disarray
A calm serenity
The winds of change can devastate
And it took this much for me
With nowhere to run and no reason left to hide
Gonna hold on
All the walls around are broken down
Now I can hear the rising sun

Surrounded by everything I want
But nothing that I need
I was blinded by the absurdity
Losing all identity
Sometimes what you fear the most is what you need
To find that road
Right around that curve a lesson learned
Now that I have the eyes to see

A hurricane, a hurricane
Is sometimes the only way to wash away the pain
A hurricane, a hurricane
Is sometimes the only thing that brings you back again

With poison toys I'd isolate
But the wind was strong and true
But now I see where the treause is
'Cause they only blocked my view
I'm spiraling down but so oblivious
Got to find my way home
There's a heart that bleeds trapped in me
But how do I break this shell of stone

A hurricane, a hurricane
Is sometimes the only way to wash away the pain
A hurricane, a hurricane
Is sometimes the only thing that brings you back again

Sometimes I cried, the tears wouldn't fall
And sometimes I tried to break those walls
And feel your love
But I came alive
When I finally found my way

A hurricane, a hurricane
Is sometimes the only way to wash away the pain
A hurricane, a hurricane
Is sometimes the only thing that brings you back again

Are you worth your weight in gold?
'Cause you're behind my eyelids when I'm all alone
Hey stranger, I want ya to catch me like a cold
You and God both got the guns
And when you shoot, I think I'd duck

I led the revolution in my bedroom,
And I set all the zippers free
We said, "No more war!
No more clothes! Give me peace!
Oh, kiss me!"

Hey hey, We are a hurricane
Drop our anchors in a storm
Hey, they will never be the same
A fire in a flask to keep us warm
'Cause they know, and I know,
That they don't look like me
Oh they know, I know
That they don't sound like me!

You'll dance to anything!
You'll dance to anything!

Oh I'd confess, I'd confess in a room where I'm blessed
But he didn't come and speak to me,
Or put my heart at ease
And I believe that, half the time,
I am a wolf among the sheep
Gnawing at the wool over my eyes

I led the revolution in my bedroom,
And I set all the zippers free
We said, "No more war!
No more clothes! Give me peace!
Oh, kiss me!"

Hey hey, We are a hurricane
Drop our anchors in a storm
Hey, they will never be the same
A fire in a flask to keep us warm
'Cause they know, and I know,
That they don't look like me
Oh they know, I know
That they don't sound like me

You'll dance to anything!
You'll dance to anything!
You'll dance to anything!
You'll dance to anything!

Fix me, or conflict me
I'll take anything
Fix me, or just conflict me
'Cause I'll take anything....

Hey hey, We are a hurricane
Drop our anchors in a storm
Hey, they will never be the same
A fire in a flask to keep us warm
'Cause they know, (they know)
and I know, (I know)
That they don't look like me
Oh they know, (they know)
I know (I know)
That they don't sound like me

You'll dance to anything!
You'll dance to anything!

oh.. sun above us in a foreign land
seemed like you and me
could wait forever

oh.. but the clouds pulled in and the sky got dark
then it kind of seemed like the wind picked up
a cold wave was coming
time to run now or never more

so come out of the storm why don't you babe
tell me that you love me that your love wont' change
cuz the winds blowing now gonna turn into a hurricane
so come into my heart why don't you babe
show me what you got if you need me today
cuz the winds coming now gonna blow into a hurricane

so we took cover from the pouring rain
in an old broken down forgotten place
up on high ground where
the flood wouldn't drown us

oh the night was long the wind was cold
on your shoulder out the storm I rode
we were waiting for morning
to make our getaway...

so come out of the storm why don't you babe
tell me that you love me that your love wont' change
cuz the winds blowing now gonna turn into a hurricane
so come into my heart why don't you babe
show me what you got if you need me today
cuz the winds coming now gonna blow into a hurricane

I have built a city here
Half with pride and half with fear
Just wanted a safer place to hide
I don’t want to be safe tonight

CHORUS
I need You like a hurricane
Thunder crashing, wind and rain
To tear my walls down
I’m only Yours now
I need you like a burning flame
A wild fire untamed
To burn these walls down
I’m only Yours now
I’m only Yours now

I am Yours and You are mine
You know far better than I
And if destruction’s what I need
Then I’ll receive it Lord from Thee
Yes, I’ll receive it Lord from Thee

(Chorus)

And it’s Your eye in the storm
Watching over me
And it’s Your eye in the storm
Wanting only good for me
And if You are the war
Let me be the casualty
‘Til I’m Yours alone
I am only Yours
I am Yours alone, Lord

(Chorus)

Come be my hurricane

Written by Jimmy Needham, Jason Ingram and Josef Gordon / Hebrews 12:7-11, Psalm 51:17 / Produced and engineered by Jason Ingram and Rusty Varenkamp. Vocals by Jimmy Needham. Background vocals by Jimmy Needham and Jason Ingram. Acoustic guitars by Jimmy Needham. Programming and keyboards by Josh Moore and Rusty Varenkamp. Drums by Ben Phillips. Electric guitars by Adam Lester. Bass by Tony Lucido. Recorded at EMack Studios. Mixed by F. Reid Shippen. Mastered by Bob Boyd at Ambient Digital. © 2008 Needhim Music / First Company Publishing / ASCAP / Admin. by First Company Publishing / Peertunes Ltd. / GrangeHill Music / Windsor Way Music / SESAC / Admin. by Peer Music

Behind the Song:
”Though it’s an uncomfortable thought, before God can really begin to use a person for His purposes, He must break that person. Brokenness is not a popular idea in our culture, but there is usually no sweeter time of intimacy with God than when He takes our life, our sinful habits, and destroys them so that He can build us up again. Yes the LORD is a loving father; yes He is our savior and help in time of need, but sometimes, He shows up as a hurricane. May we embrace Him when He does.” – Jimmy Needham

Think the clouds are clogging up my brain
Like the weather drain same as the tears on my face
And I'm stuck up in the storm eye
I guess I'll be alright
Oh (uh oh uh oh)
Oh oh (uh oh uh oh)
Then it hits me like
Oh (uh oh uh oh)
Oh no (uh oh uh oh uh uh oh)

And you're that wind that swept me off my feet
Got me flying til I'm crying and I'm down on my knees
That's what Dorothy was afraid of
The sneaky tornado
Oh (uh oh uh oh)
Oh oh (uh oh uh oh)
There's no place like home
(Uh oh uh oh)
Home (uh oh uh oh uh uh oh)

I'm boarding up the windows
Locking up my heart
It's like every time the wind blows
I feel it tearing us apart
Every time he smiles
I let him in again
Everything is fine
When you're standing in the eye of the hurricane

Here comes the sun, here comes the rain
Standing in the eye of the hurricane
Here comes the sun, here comes the rain
Standing in the eye of the hurricane

I'm flopping on my bed like a flying squirrel
Like a little girl hurt by the big bad world
Yeah, it's twisting up my insides
Can't hide it on the outside
Oh (uh oh uh oh)
Oh oh (uh oh uh oh)
Yeah, it hits me like
Oh (uh oh uh oh)
Oh no (uh oh uh oh uh uh oh)

And that's when you hold me, you hold me
You tell me that you know me, I'll never be lonely
Say we made it through the storm now
But I'm still on the look out
Oh (uh oh uh oh)
Oh oh (uh oh uh oh)
The air's getting cold
(Uh oh uh oh)
Cold

I'm boarding up the windows
Locking up my heart
It's like every time the wind blows
I feel it tearing us apart
Every time he smiles
I let him in again
Everything is fine
When you're standing in the eye of the hurricane

Here comes the sun, here comes the rain
Standing in the eye of the hurricane
Here comes the sun, here comes the rain
Standing in the eye of the hurricane

He picks me up like
He's got the way of the hurricane
And I think I'm fine like
I'm in the eye of the hurricane

He picks me up like
He's got the way of the hurricane
And I think I'm fine like
I'm in the eye of the hurricane

And I'm floating, floating
And I don't know when, know when I'm gonna drop
He's got the way, he's got the way

I'm boarding up the windows
Locking up my heart
It's like every time the wind blows
I feel it tearing us apart
Every time he smiles
I let him in again
Everything is fine
When you're standing in the eye of the hurricane

Here comes the sun, here comes the rain
Standing in the eye of the hurricane
Here comes the sun, here comes the rain
Standing in the eye of the hurricane

He picks me up like
He's got the way of the hurricane
And I think I'm fine like
I'm in the eye of the hurricane

He picks me up like
He's got the way of the hurricane
And I think I'm fine like
I'm in the eye of the hurricane

Oooh ooh ooh
Oooh ooh ooh