[1] Run for your life boys there's nothin' left to do
The [^b7] Pikeville Dam is a cavin' in and the [5] water's comin' [1] through
The river's been a-risin' and the rain's still comin' down
[^b7] For Fourteen days and nights it's gonna [5] wash away the [1] town

[1] Let her roll
Roll on muddy [^b7] dream
Let her [5] roll
Takin' every-[1]-thing

It's washed away the houses and the road is almost gone
Ain't nothin' here but the dyin' and dead and the trail of a mighty storm
I had a lovin' family Lord I had a lovin' wife
'Til the Chickasaw River and the wind and rain come and robbed them of their life

I don't know where I'm goin Lord I don't know where I'm bound
Just far away from the water's edge and a no-good river town