About the Album: 1st Take

Some songs come from a place you can’t fake. “Ida” by Dexter Danos is one of those.

When Hurricane Ida hit Louisiana in 2021, both Dexter and I rode out the storm right there on the bayou. We saw the wind, the water, the darkness, and the aftermath with our own eyes. The song isn’t just about a hurricane — it’s about what it feels like to stand your ground, hold on through the storm, and rebuild afterward.

“Ida” captures a piece of that experience. It’s a reminder of the strength of the bayou and the people who call it home.

— Scrub Productions

Woke up to the wind howlin’ like a train

Sky was black as midnight even though the mornin’ came

Packed up we could carry left the rest behind

Prayin’ to the gods please let my roof survive

 

Well the wind took the walls and the water took the floor

That house we built with love don’t stand there anymore

My heart keeps beatin’ and I’m still breathin’ somehow

But Ida took my house but she ain’t bringin’ me down

 

Cypress trees bent over like they’re prayin’ for their loss

The bayous turned to oceans the streets were covered in moss

Photos on the mantle washed out to sea

But I still got them in my memory that’s where they’re always be

 

Well the wind took the walls and the water took the floor

That house we built with love don’t stand there anymore

My heart keeps beatin’ and I’m still breathin’ somehow

But Ida took my house but she ain’t bringin’ me down

 

I’ll build a new boards and I’ll raise new beams hold on tighter to my dreams

You could take the wood the nails and the ground

But you never take my roots from this little bayou town

 

Well the wind took the walls and the water took the floor

That house we built with love don’t stand there anymore

My heart keeps beatin’ and I’m still breathin’ somehow

But Ida took my house but she ain’t bringin’ me down

 

Nah she ain’t bringin’ me down

 

The wind took the walls the water took the floors

That house we built with love don’t stand there anymore

My heart keeps beatin’ and I’m still breathin’ somehow

Ida took my house but she ain’t bringing me down.