Song about the Rock Run Flooding of 2024. Lyrics are written by Thomas Ask and are not AI created or guided. Photograph is by Thomas Ask of Trout Run trailer park on August 9, 2024.

Lyrics:
Ripped, raging water ravages our run
But we are not done

We fire up our people
And race before the sun

The roots run deep here
Don’t test how far

Because you won't find a
Bottom in people like us

Its people like us
That keep things going

Its people like us
That make fire from rain

Its people like us
That make this place run

The roots run deep here
Don’t test how far

Because you won't find a
Bottom in people like us

And it will take more than
Raging water to wear us down

And it will take more than
Raging water to wear us down

People Like Us

Trout Run Flood: People Like Us

I wrote these poems many years ago--all pre-AI and without its charming guidance. I tweaked the poems into suitable lyrics and developed the song structure. Finally, I used AI to compose the music. I guess this is striving to be a troubadour of the 21st century.

Many of my poems were written during my long traveling months when I was young and traveling a lot overseas. Later ones are about parenting, my Christian faith, and other life stuff.

These songs come from my poetry. The lyrics have not been AI generated or assisted. I did some tiny alterations of some of the original poems for musical flow. Except where noted, the musical compositions have been AI generated, where I took my poem and used some of the verses to create a chorus and bridge.

Trout Run Flood: People Like Us

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