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