Storm Eunice

Storm Eunice

Oh, the wind blows high, and the wind blows low

The wind blows high, and the wind blows low

All up the Bristol channel

Away to the left and back from the right

Come out of the west in the East are blue skies

The ships are beset by the spring tide

All about Storm Eunice lies

And the windmills turn and shut their eyes

And the fires burn all through the night

The beacons show on dark hill sides

All about the Southwest sun rise

Well, the wind blows high, and the wind blows low

Yes, the wind blows high, and the wind blows low

And it's no surprise and you ought to know

That the storm never is as bad as it goes

Why they scare us so because of insurance

They don't care for us they just have to warn us

Because the lawyers want paying and they tell us so

That the wind blows high, and the wind blows low

And the commercial ships sail up the market on a tide of investment

That they control and can mark us

Out to be sheep tamed by a shepherd

Whose afraid of imaginary wolves that surround us

And we listen so because it’s easy, and the food comes

in and words make us queasy

Because investment's ship must stay afloat

So, whatever you do don't rock the boat

Oh, the wind blows high, and the wind blows low

But nobody dies and there's a bright rainbow

The birds understand they don't listen to the snow

That's the white noise news of British radio

They fly in the sky and are battered to and fro

But they use their common sense and keep their heads down low

They don't need to be nannied by no nanny state

They just want to be free to sing on the garden gate