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Muddy Water Lyrics
Mary, grab the baby, the river's rising
Muddy water taking back the land
The old-frame house, she can't take-a one more beating
Ain't no use to stay and make a stand
Well the morning light shows water in the valley
Daddy's grave just went below the line
Things to say, you just can't take em with ya
This flood will swallow all you've left behind
Won't be back to start all over
Cause what I felt before is gone
Mary, take the child, the 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
Shifting land, broken farms around me
Muddy water's changing all I know
It's hard to say just what I'm losing
Ain't never felt so all alone
Mary, take the child, the river's rising
Muddy water taking back my home
Won't be back to start all over
Cause what I felt before is gone
Mary, take the child, the river's rising
Muddy water's changing all I know
Muddy water's changing all I know
Lord, this muddy water is taking back my home
Muddy water taking back the land
The old-frame house, she can't take-a one more beating
Ain't no use to stay and make a stand
Daddy's grave just went below the line
Things to say, you just can't take em with ya
This flood will swallow all you've left behind
Cause what I felt before is gone
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
Shifting land, broken farms around me
Muddy water's changing all I know
Ain't never felt so all alone
Muddy water taking back my home
Cause what I felt before is gone
Muddy water's changing all I know
Muddy water's changing all I know
Lord, this muddy water is taking back my home
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Submitted by
ecorchee1 On Aug 17, 2008
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On the Bad Seeds LP this song was credited to John Bundrick as it is mentioned up above. This was a mistake as this song is a cover of "Muddy Water" writen by Phil Rosenthal from The Seldom Scene (The Seldom Scene Act III album from 1973)..
Brundrick actually wrote a song with the same name, which is part of the 1973 Free "Heartbreaker" album. Oh well, both are from the same year.
By the way, yet another song about the Mississippi flood in 1927 I bet.