Mary, grab the baby, river´s rising
Muddy water taking back the land
Old frame house, she can´t take one more beating
It´s no use to stay and make a stand
Well, the morning light showed water in the valley

Daddy´s grave just went below the line
Things to save, you just can´t take them with you
The flood will swallow all you leave behind

Won´t be back to start all over
Because what I felt before is gone
Mary, take the child, river´s rising
Muddy water taking back my home

The road is gone, there´s just one way to leave here
Turn my back on what I´ve left below, oh
Shifting lands, broken farms around me
Muddy waters changing all I know
Hard to say just what I´m losing
I´ve never felt so all alone
Mary, take the child, river´s rising
Muddy water taking back my home

Won´t be back to start all over
Because what I felt before is gone
Mary, take the child, river´s rising
Muddy water taking back my home

Won´t be back to start all over
Because what I felt before is gone
Mary, take the child, river´s rising
Muddy water taking back my home