Muddy Water

Nick Cave and the bad seeds

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