Lyrics Muddy Water - Seldom Scene

Mary, grab the baby, river's rising
Muddy water's taking back the land
Old frame house, she can't take one more beating
Ain't no use to stay and make a stand

Well, the morning light showed water in the valley
Daddy's grave just went below the line
Things to save you just can't take 'em with you
Flood'll swallow all we leave behind

I 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 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 lands and broken farms around me
Muddy water's changin' all I know

Hard to say just what I'm losing
Ain't never felt so all alone
Mary, take the child, the river's risin'
Muddy water's taking back my home

Well, muddy water's takin' back my home