Song Lyrics: "Storm Warnings" (Verse 1) Pistol shots ring out in the boardroom night While the boss man tells you everything's alright He's stealing the silver with a golden handshake As the church bells ring for the judgment day They're preaching salvation while they lock the gates To the factory that they shipped across the sea Leaving another town in misery And the TV screams from the corner bar Telling you who to love and who to fear It's been playing the same tune for forty years (Chorus) And there's storm warnings flashing across the land With a bible in one hand,a gun in the other They're coming for your sister and your brother Don't tell me you can't see the coming rain This ain't normal,this ain't sane It's a hurricane (Verse 2) Now Maria worked at the hospital ward Cleaning rooms for the sick and scarred Came here a child,worked thirty years straight Now they're kicking down her door calling her"illegal" While the boss who hired her gets a tax break legal And the soldiers are marching in the city street With foreign-made boots on American feet They're pointing rifles at their fellow man Following orders from a crooked command Saying"this is law and order we bring" As they tear the heart out of everything (Chorus) And there's storm warnings flashing across the land With a bible in one hand,a gun in the other They're coming for your sister and your brother Don't tell me you can't see the coming rain This ain't normal,this ain't sane It's a hurricane (Verse 3) In the corner booth of the local diner Jimmy drinks his coffee and reads the signer "Fifteen years he's been working that line" Now the plant is closed and he's drowning his doubt In the poison they're feeding on the television sound About how the ones who're different are keeping him down Not the man in the mansion who cut his pay And shipped his future across the waves Now he's shouting at shadows they taught him to fear While the real danger's drawing near (Bridge) I know you believe you're doing what's right I know you're praying for guidance each night But can you look your daughter in the eye And tell her why you must support a lie? When the man behind the curtain's a convicted thief Selling our democracy to foreign elite Preaching values he's never kept While the vulnerable suffer and the rich collect (Guitar & Harmonica Interlude) (Final Chorus - building intensity) Yeah,there's storm warnings flashing across the land! With a bible in one hand,a gun in the other! They're coming for your sister and your brother! Don't tell me you can't see the coming rain! This ain't normal,this ain't sane! It's a hurricane! (Outro) The water's rising in the city square They're reading from the bible what was never there And the man on the screen smiles and tells you"it's fair" But the paperwork's missing,the votes disappear... It's a hurricane... (haunting harmonica fades out) ---
