Muddy Water Lyrics - Nick Cave & The Bad Seed

Mary, grab the baby, the river's rising 

Muddy water taking back the land 

The old-frame house, she can't take-a one more beating 

Ain't no use to stay and make a stand 

Well the morning light shows water in the valley 

Daddy's grave just went below the line 

Things to say, you just can't take em with ya 

This flood will swallow all you've left behind 

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 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 land, broken farms around me 

Muddy water's changing all I know 

It's hard to say just what I'm losing 

Ain't never felt so all alone 

Mary, take the child, the river's rising 

Muddy water taking back my home 

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 changing all I know 

Muddy water's changing all I know 

Lord, this muddy water is taking back my home