Derek Trucks Band

Down In The Flood

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Crash on the levee mama, water's gonna overflow
Swamps gonna rise, no boats gonna row
Now you can train on down to Williams Point
You can bust your feet, you can rock this joint
But, mama ain't you gonna miss your best friend now?
You're gonna have to find yourself a, another best friend somehow

Now don't try and move me, you're just gonna lose
There's a crash on the levee mama, you've been refused
Well it's sugar for sugar, salt for salt
If you go down in the flood, it's gonna be your own fault
Oh mama, ain't you gonna miss your best friend now?
You're gonna have to find yourself a, another best friend somehow

Well that high tides risin, mama don't you let me down
Pack up your suitcase, mama don't you make a sound
Now it's king for king and queen for queen
Gonna be the meanest flood that everybodys seen
Oh mama, ain't you gonna miss your best friend now?
It's gonne have to find yourself a, another best friend somehow

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annieann On Jul 07, 2009

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