Mandibles - Hurricane Camille (SHADOW)

from SpinTunes 16 Round 4 by Spintunes

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This song is based on the Darwin Awards '69 (nice) winner:
"(August 1969) On August 15, 1969, Hurricane Camille claimed 143 victims along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.. Most were guilty only of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, unlike twenty who perished while attending a beachfront "Hurricane Party." Despite evacuation warnings delivered by earnest emergency teams, their festivities continued unabated. The party-goers defiantly declared that the concrete foundation and the second-floor location of their party provided plenty of protection from the impending hurricaine. Their confidence proved to be tragically misplaced when a 24 foot wave slammed into the apartment, destroying the building and subjecting the partiers to gale-force winds and violent ocean surges. Most of these Hurricane worshippers were killed. A few survivors were swept miles away, cheated of a Darwin Award by the capricious hand of fate."

Wiki says the song is apocryphal. Mandibles say it's inspirational.
Bonus points if you can point out all the hurricanes puns

lyrics

I’ve been waiting ages for us to meet
When you waved hello you knocked me off my feet
I’m throwing a party; if you came it’d be swell
(I kinda like you if you couldn’t tell)

Camille, Camille, Camille
You blow me away
Camille, Camille, Camille
You got me carried away
Hurry hurry hurry hurry hurry over to me
(BV-Hurry hurry hurry hurry hurricane)
Hurry hurry hurry girl were dancing to the beat
(BV-Hurry hurry hurricaneCamille)

Come on, Camille, come meet me on the beach,
We’ll have, as we say here in New Orleans,
‘Le petit mort,’ the little death
When I feel your touch, you steal away my breath

Camille, Camille, Camille
You blow me away
Camille, Camille, Camille
You got me carried away
Hurry hurry hurry hurry hurry over to me
(BV-Hurry hurry hurry hurry hurricane)
Hurry hurry hurry girl were dancing to the beat
(BV-Hurry hurry hurricane Camille)

When I look into your eye I see
A special place for just you and me
Where the party stops and the world is still
And you can do with me what you will

Camille, Camille, Camille
You blow me away
Camille, Camille, Camille
You got me carried away
Hurry hurry hurry hurry hurry over to me
(BV-Hurry hurry hurry hurry hurricane)
Hurry hurry hurry girl were dancing to the beat
(BV-Hurry hurry hurricane Camille)

As I watch you dance, you have me in a trance
As you spin towards me, I want you desperately
Let’s take a chance on our wild romance
Camille!

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from SpinTunes 16 Round 4, released March 16, 2020

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