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One of the great things about a prophecy is that the listener is free to interpret what it is about, what is being talked about in the riddle from the oracle? I propose that Randy Newman was talking about the current political situation when he wrote the song "Louisiana, 1927", writing not about the flood that destroyed part of Louisiana but the flood of corruption and treason that we must endure, writing more than 30 years before it happened.
By the way, I disagree with Mr. Newman, I think his best version by far is the original one on the "Gold Old Boys" album, before the orchestra was added and he just has a piano to accompany him.
An NPR interview with Mr. Newman on the 10th Anniversary of the Katrina disaster.
https://www.npr.org/2015/08/12/431807506/years-later-randy-nemans-song-about-hurricane-katrina-is-still-poignant
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