River Take Me

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
 Whoa, whoa, whoa
 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
 It 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 one 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
 Whoa, whoa, whoa