Muddy Water — текст песни (Bill Monroe)

Mary grab the baby river`s rising
Muddy water`s taking back the land
Well this old house it won`t take one more beating
Ain`t no use to stay and make a stand.

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 we leave behind.

I won`t be back to start all over
`Cause what I felt before is gone
Mary grab the baby river`s rising
Muddy water`s taking back our home.

Now the road is gone there`s just one way to leave here.
I`ll turn my back on what I`ve left below
Shifting land and broken farms around me
Muddy water`s changing all I know.

It`s hard to say just what I`m losing
Ain`t never been so all alone
Mary grab the baby river`s rising
Muddy water`s taking back my home.
Well muddy water`s taking back my home.