He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
Felt like a ghost
Drifted in through my window
And charged the air with a cold, freezing feeling
That i've never known
Well this storm must be lost
Weather alerts going off
Babe can you shut the window
And ill let the faucets drip
Cause a big storm is coming
With freezing rain
And the pounding on my trailer now
Sounds like a moving train
And the trees are falling
All around me
And its raining ice
Sideways
Its raining trees
This ain't no average
Texas freeze
It took out the power lines
Until then we were doing fine
Now its dark and its cold
And the storms wind still blow
I'm just munching on bread
All our phones are dead
And I pray that the trees
Above me
Don't fall on
My baby and me
Cause' its raining ice
Sideways
Its raining trees
Well this ain't no average
Texas freeze
Drifted in through my window
And charged the air with a cold, freezing feeling
That i've never known
Well this storm must be lost
Weather alerts going off
Babe can you shut the window
And ill let the faucets drip
Cause a big storm is coming
With freezing rain
And the pounding on my trailer now
Sounds like a moving train
And the trees are falling
All around me
And its raining ice
Sideways
Its raining trees
This ain't no average
Texas freeze
It took out the power lines
Until then we were doing fine
Now its dark and its cold
And the storms wind still blow
I'm just munching on bread
All our phones are dead
And I pray that the trees
Above me
Don't fall on
My baby and me
Cause' its raining ice
Sideways
Its raining trees
Well this ain't no average
Texas freeze
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