TREADING WATER

Verse 1: Showers and greenery surround me, There're raindrops falling everywhere I look, If I didn't live in sunny California, I would think I had my place mistook! Verse 2: Water running down the windows, Downpour hammering the roof, Hard to think with all the racket, Much less, for me to stay aloof! Chorus: Parables say this is nothing, No need to build another ark, Compared to 40 days and nights of raining, This is like walking in the park! Verse 3: Ever seen a squirrel swimming? Or a gopher with a life vest o'er its head, Maybe not a passing rainstorm, Perhaps the weather's been misread! Verse 4: Think we may have lost all power, Trees blew down and felled the lines, Raining harder by the hour, Evacuation plans have been refined! Chorus: Parables say this is nothing, No need to build another ark, Compared to 40 days and nights of raining, This is like walking in the park! Verse 5: Hope the hillside here is stable, Tree roots holding, don't let go, Looks like the river's overflowing, Gale force winds begin to blow. Verse 6: May have really been mistaken, Bout construction on that ark, River's flooding has been taking, Can't even begin to see the park! Chorus: Looks like the parables, a warning, False king sitting on the throne, Looks like I better get to swimming, Because the rising water's home! Looks like I better get to swimming, Because the rising water's home! Looks like I better get to swimming, Because the rising water's home!