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Down in the Flood
The Earl Scruggs Revue
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There's been a crash on the levee, mama, water's gonna overflow
Swamp's gonna rise, and no boat's gonna row
Now you can train on down to Williams Point
You can bust your feet, you can rock this joint
But oh, mama, you're gonna miss your best friend now
You're gonna have to find yourself another best friend somehow
Now don't you try and move me, mama, you're gonna lose
(Oh mama, oh mama)
There's been a crash on the levee, mama, you've been refused
(Oh mama, oh mama)
Well, it's king to king, queen to queen
It's gonna be the meanest flood that anybody's ever seen
Now, oh mama, you're gonna miss your best friend now
You're gonna have to find yourself another best friend somehow
Well, the high tide's risin', mama, don't you let me down
Just pack up your suitcase, mama, don't you make a sound
Well, it's sugar for sugar and it's salt for salt
If you go down in the flood, it's gonna be your own fault
Now, oh mama, you're gonna miss your best friend now
You're gonna have to find yourself another best friend somehow
You're gonna have to find yourself another best friend somehow
You're gonna have to find yourself another best friend somehow
(Ooh)