The Hurricane Song Songtext
von Tom Glazer

A hurricane by any name
Still remains a hurricane
Betty, Cora, Ester, Jane
It's the same old hurricane

They get started
In the tropics
In the ocean
Far from land

Through the summer
Tropic sunlight
Heats the water
There's no breeze

Air and water
Both get warmer
They get warmer
Day by day


Then the cool air
Starts a breeze there
Hurricane is
On it's way

Warm air funnels
Inward, upward
Moving at in-
Creasing speed

Vapor cools
And condenses
Then the heavy
Clouds are formed

Clouds condensing
Heats the air and
Makes the air rise,
Higher still

Wind increases
Spirals inward
And the rain comes
Pouring down


Winds are raging
As the air mass
Slowly moves a-
Cross the sea

Edges toward the
Coastal regions
Whipping waves up
Crazily

Though its eye is
Calm and gentle
It's as wild as
It can be

Hurricane hits
By the city
In its wake is
Tragedy