Mary, grab the baby, the river's rising
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Muddy water taking back the land
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The old-frame house, she can't take-a one more beating
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Ain't no use to stay and make a stand
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Well the morning light shows water in the valley
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Daddy's grave just went below the line
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Things to say, you just can't take em with ya
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This flood will swallow all you've left behind
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Won't be back to start all over
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Cause what I felt before is gone
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Mary, take the child, the river's rising
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Muddy water taking back my home
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The road is gone, there's just one way to leave here
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Turn my back on what I've left below
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Shifting land, broken farms around me
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Muddy water's changing all I know
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It's hard to say just what I'm losing
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Ain't never felt so all alone
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Mary, take the child, the river's rising
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Muddy water taking back my home
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Won't be back to start all over
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Cause what I felt before is gone
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Mary, take the child, the river's rising
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Muddy water's changing all I know
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Muddy water's changing all I know
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Lord, this muddy water is taking back my home
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Muddy Water
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| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds |
