Music: Patterson Hood
Suddenly it's freezing after weeks of heavy rains
Waterlogged pines overtaken by the strain
As gravity's powerful hands take the reins
Exploding trees
Crashing through the ceiling, blocking all the roads
The beauty queen
Jewels on the crown underneath the load
Driving into town as the sun is going down
Sitting in the darkness in the freezing cold
She was all unhinged and panic stricken
I still had some family members to look in on
A house on mother's street came crashing down
Beauty queens in hospital gowns
Beauty queen in a hospital gown
Hooked to a machine ever since she's found
Exploding trees
Like fireworks in the ice storm, I can hear the sound
Like Vietnam descending upon Walnut Street
Like a movie in Sensurround
As it interrupts the silence in the dead of night
Evergreen and breaking down
Insurance estimation from the freeze
Damage in the millions for the town's economy
The power lines are down and it's fifteen degrees
Exploding trees
Limbs like boney fingers crashing through the ceiling
The beauty queen
Crushed beneath the pines on the frozen street
Exploding trees
National disaster, my hometown's on the TV