Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Muddy Water Lyrics
(j. bundrick)Mary, grab the baby, the rivers risingMuddy water taking back the landThe old-frame house, she cant take-a one more beatingAint no use to stay and make a standWell the morning light shows water in the valleyDaddys grave just went below the lineThings to say, you just cant take em with yaThis flood will swallow all youve left behindWont be back to start all overCause what I felt before is goneMary, take the child, the rivers risingMuddy water taking back my homeThe road is gone, theres just one way to leave hereTurn my back on what Ive left belowShifting land, broken farms around meMuddy waters changing all I knowIts hard to say just what Im losingAint never felt so all aloneMary, take the child, the rivers risingMuddy water taking back my homeWont be back to start all overCause what I felt before is goneMary, take the child, the rivers risingMuddy waters changing all I knowMuddy waters changing all I knowLord, this muddy water is taking back my home