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It's been rainy and windy for seven days straight I've been goin' to bed early and gettin' up late I look out my window and it's one shade of gray Oh, my wife and my kids don't have much to say A man out of work only gets in the way Oh the river is risin' 'bout one inch an hour Tonight we'll be lucky if we still have power But I've got a flashlight, an oil lamp, and I'm ready to go And a fresh set of batteries for my son's radio If the dam really breaks 'least we know where to go River take me, river take me River take me far from troubled times River take me, river take me River take me far from troubled times Woo, woo, woo Yeah, if I had a boat you'd know what I'd do I'd float me and my family down to Baton Rouge I wouldn't work in no factory, I'd live off the land And live within means of my own two hands Then Saturday night to a Zydeco band Well the river flows and a young man dreams And the river can drown you or it can wash you clean SongtexteIt can take you away to some other place It can power your city or carry your waste If all you drink a peculiar taste Oh, don't look to me boy I've done my time You see I've had too many drinks with this heart of mine Oh and I stood on the brick with the river below Feelin' all the sadness that a proud man can hold The river is full but there's no way, no way, no way to go River take me, river take me River take me far from troubled times River take me, river take me River take me far from troubled times River take me, river take me River take me far from troubled times Woo, woo, woo Aus Songtexte Mania