| Damned old levy
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| Well they knew that it would go
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| Been talking about it
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| Since before my daddy’s born
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| Ain’t nobody listens to what a poor man has to say
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| But down here we’re washed by the water
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| The water can’t wash us away
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| Now I hear people talkin'
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| Say I should have up and gone
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| But I ain’t got nothing but this place
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| To call my home
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| My father and his father
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| Stay until their dying days
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| Down here we’re washed by the water
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| The water can’t wash us away
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| Down here we’re washed by the water
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| The water can’t wash us away
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| We’ll put it back together
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| With our own two hands
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| Ain’t nobody gonna turn us around
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| It’s oddly a little empty
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| And it all seems broken down
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| Oh Lord we sure could use you now
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| Then the president came down
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| And said this is awful sad
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| But ain’t no words from that man
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| Gonna bring us nothing back
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| And in the ghost of church bells
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| I hear my momma say
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| Down here we’re washed by the water
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| The water can’t wash us away
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| Down here we’re washed by the water
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| The water can’t wash us away
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| Been washed by the water, the water can’t wash us away
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| Been washed by the water, the water can’t wash us away
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| Been washed by the water, the water can’t wash us away
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| (Everybody sing)
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| Been washed by the water, the water can’t wash us away
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| (Can't wash us away)
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| Been washed by the water, the water can’t wash us away
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| (Can't wash us away)
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| Been washed by the water, the water can’t wash us away
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| (No no no no no no)
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| Been washed by the water, water can’t wash us away
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| (Can't wash us away)
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| Been washed by the water, water can’t wash us away
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| (One more time)
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| Been washed by the water, water can’t wash us away |