The Week The River Raged

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Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 22:16:45 +0100
From: Andrew Lyon 

 
Subject: e/evans_sara/the_week_the_river_raged.crd


The Week the River Raged
Written by: Sara Evans/John Bettis/Jim Rushing
CD: Sara Evans - Three Chords and the Truth
From: Andrew@lyonap.force9.co.uk


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The River ran through Howard County, it was the life blood of the land
        
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It made fields of green tobacco, aching backs and callused hands
     
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Mama talked of a coming battle that the womenfolk had to fight
           
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'Cause the good Lord owned the daytime, but the Devil seemed to own the
night


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Well it came up out of nowhere, from a dark and bitter seed
           
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It was the roughest kind of roadhouse and a most unwanted weed
            
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It drew the menfolk like a magnet, the women knew what they had to do
        
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So they put it in the hands of Jesus, 'cause they knew that he'd come
through


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And the rains came and the river swelled
        
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And the more they prayed the more it fell

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When the levies broke everybody saw the awesome power of God
         
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Then the clouds rolled back and the rainbow came to bring a brighter day

                
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'Cause when the flood hit Howard County, all the sins were washed away


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Now the mothers tell the story, of the week that the river raged
       
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It's a passing of the wisdom to the ears of a tender age

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Better walk the straight and narrow, better keep a watchful eye
                 
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'Cause there's a symbol of the wrath of heaven in every dark cloud in
the sky



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'Cause the rains came and the river swelled
        
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And the more they prayed the more it fell

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When the levies broke everybody saw the awesome power of God
         
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Then the clouds rolled back and the rainbow came to bring a brighter day

                
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'Cause when the flood hit Howard County, all the sins were washed away

         
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Then the clouds rolled back and the rainbow came to bring a brighter day

                
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'Cause when the flood hit Howard County, all the sins were washed away
              
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Yes, when the flood hit Howard County, all the sins were washed away