Mary, grab the baby, river's rising,
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Muddy water taking back the land!
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Old frame house, she can't take 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 showed water in the valley,
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Daddy's grave just went below the line!
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Things to save, you just can't take 'em with you,
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The flood'll swallow all you leave behind.
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[CHORUS:]
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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, river's rising,
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Muddy water taking back my home.
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[Steel Guitar Solo]
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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-oh!
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Shifting lands, broken farms around me,
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Muddy waters changing all I know.
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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, river's rising,
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Muddy water taking back my home.
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[Fiddle Solo]
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[CHORUS]
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That muddy water taking back my home!
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Muddy waters taking back my home!
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Muddy water taking back my home.
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Muddy Waters
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| Johnny Cash |
