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 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 (Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it...) I'll write my way out Write ev'rything 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! A7sus (Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait!)