Muddy Water

<br>Mary grab the baby river`s rising<br>Muddy water`s taking back the land<br>Well this old house it won`t take one more beating<br>Ain`t no use to stay and make a stand.<br><br>The morning light showed water in the valley<br>Daddy`s grave just went below the line<br>Things to save you just can`t take them with you<br>The flood will swallow all we leave behind.<br><br> I won`t be back to start all over<br> `Cause what I felt before is gone<br> Mary grab the baby river`s rising<br> Muddy water`s taking back our home.<br><br>Now the road is gone there`s just one way to leave here.<br>I`ll turn my back on what I`ve left below<br>Shifting land and broken farms around me<br>Muddy water`s changing all I know.<br><br>It`s hard to say just what I`m losing<br>Ain`t never been so all alone<br>Mary grab the baby river`s rising<br>Muddy water`s taking back my home.<br>Well muddy water`s taking back my home.