Raining Down in Georgia
Moors & McCumber
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It was raining down in Georgia The first week of the fall The river started risin' Beneath the fury of the squall And the levee that they built back in the spring of '81 Started lookin' like it wouldn't hold When all was said and done Well every able bodied child, every woman, every man Fought throughout the night to try to fill the bags of sand When they saw what they were up against at the early crack of dawn They knew that it was time run Because the water gives us life The water takes away The water of baptizing may save When it gets a risin' it's a highway to the grave Stubborn Stephen Jackson And the widow Ida Brown Were hell bent and determined To stand and hold their ground When all of everybody else evacuated town They stayed behind and now it's almost certain that they drowned Because the water gives us life Water takes away Water of baptizing may save When it gets a risin' it's a highway to the grave When the water had subsided they waded through the mud To find that everything they owned was swallowed by the flood The tavern, the steeple, their way of life was gone The only home they'd known Because the water gives us life Water takes away Water of baptizing may save When it gets a rising it's a highway to the grave They held a little vigil that September afternoon Trading tales about the places the waters had consumed They swore they'd find a way to resurrect their sodden town Well, they prayed for Stephen Jackson, for Mrs. Ida Brown Because the water gives us life Water takes away Water of baptizing may save When it gets a risin' it's a highway to the grave Water gives us life Water takes away Water of baptizing may save When it gets a risin' it's a highway to the grave
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Written by: James Moors, Kevin DeForrest, Kort McCumber
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