Muddy Water Lyrics - Bill Monroe

Mary grab the baby river's rising 

Muddy water's taking back the land 

Well this old house it won't take one more beating 

Ain't no use to stay and make a stand. 

The morning light showed water in the valley 

Daddy's grave just went below the line 

Things to save you just can't take them with you 

The flood will swallow all we leave behind. 

I won't be back to start all over 

'Cause what I felt before is gone 

Mary grab the baby river's rising 

Muddy water's taking back our home. 

Now the road is gone there's just one way to leave here. 

I'll turn my back on what I've left below 

Shifting land and broken farms around me 

Muddy water's changing all I know.