IN THE EYE OF A HURRICANE
THERE IS QUIET
FOR JUST A MOMENT
A YELLOW SKY
WHEN I WAS SEVENTEEN
A HURRICANE
DESTROYED MY TOWN
I... DIDN'T DROWN
I COULDN'T SEEM TO DIE
I WROTE MY WAY OUT
WROTE EVERYTHING DOWN
FAR AS I... COULD SEE
I WROTE MY WAY OUT
I LOOKED UP AND THE TOWN
HAD ITS EYES ON ME
THEY PASSED A PLATE AROUND
AND TOTAL STRANGERS
MOVED TO KINDNESS
BY MY STORY
RAISED ENOUGH FOR ME
TO BOOK PASSAGE ON A SHIP
THAT WAS NEW YORK BOUND
I WROTE MY WAY OUT OF HELL
I WROTE MY WAY TO REVOLUTION
I WAS LOUDER THAN
THE CRACK IN THE BELL
I WROTE ELIZA
LOVE LETTERS UNTIL SHE FELL
I WROTE ABOUT
THE CONSTITUTION
AND DEFENDED IT WELL
AND IN THE FACE OF
IGNORANCE AND RESISTANCE
I WROTE FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
INTO EXISTENCE
AND WHEN MY PRAYERS TO GOD
WERE MET WITH INDIFFERENCE
I PICKED UP A PEN
I WROTE MY OWN DELIVERANCE
IN THE EYE OF A HURRICANE
THERE IS QUIET
FOR JUST A MOMENT
A YELLOW SKY
I WAS TWELVE
WHEN MY MOTHER DIED
SHE WAS HOLDING ME
WE WERE SICK
AND SHE WAS HOLDING ME
I COULDN'T SEEM TO DIE
I'LL WRITE MY WAY OUT
WRITE EVERYTHING DOWN
FAR AS I... CAN SEE
I'LL WRITE MY WAY OUT
OVERWHELM THEM
WITH HONESTY
THIS IS THE EYE
OF THE HURRICANE
THIS IS THE ONLY WAY
I CAN PROTECT MY LEGACY
THE REYNOLDS PAMPHLET