THE GREAT FLOOD

I WAS AWOKEN IN THE EARLY HOURS TO THE SOUND OF RAIN,

WIND WAS HOWLING, GALE FORCE STRENGTH, RATTLING MY WINDOW PANE,

LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT DAY WOULD BE MY WORSE NIGHTMARE,

RAIN WAS LASHING, RIVER'S BULGING, CHAOS EVERYWHERE,

CARS ABANDONED,PEOPLE WADING THROUGH SEWAGE RIDDEN WATERS,

PEOPLE STRANDED IN THEIR WORKPLACE,THIS STORM HAD REALLY CAUGHT US,

SHOPPERS DESPERATE TO GET HOME SAFELY, TO THEIR NICE WARM BEDS,

HELICOPTER'S PLUCKING WORKMEN FROM COLLAPSING SHEDS,

HELPLESS VICTIMS WINCHED TO SAFETY, ALL SEEKING SAFE REFUGE,

THE SCALE AND DEVASTATION CAUSED, WAS ABSOLUTELY HUGE,

MOBILE PHONELINE'S PUSHED TO THE LIMIT,NO-ONE COULD GET THROUGH,

TO CHECK THEIR FAMILIES ALL WERE SAFE AS THE WATERS GREW AND GREW,

HOUSES LOSING POWER SUPPLY,NO TV TO WATCH THE NEWS,

JUST SAT IN DARKNESS,SHOCKED AND BEWILDERED,THEY REALLY HAD NO CLUES,

RIVERS SWELLING, BURST THEIR BANKS,WALLS AND BUILDINGS CRUMBLE,

NOTHING IN IT'S PLACE ANYMORE,THE CITY'S ONE BIG JUMBLE,

MANY HEROES WERE SEEN THAT DAY,THEY WERE ALL SO EASY TO FIND,

WHO SAID CHIVALRY WAS LONG DEAD,HAVE FAITH IN YOUR MANKIND,

THIS DAY IN JUNE,WE WILL NEVER FORGET,OR THE MEMORIES OF THOSE LOST,

WE NEED TO HAVE MORE DEFENCES AGAINST THIS FLOODING, AT ALL COST,

EVERYTIME I SEE A RAINDROP,I'LL THINK BACK ON THE DAY,

THE RAIN CAME DOWN TO WASH US OUT BUT SHEFFIELD'S HERE TO STAY.