Lyrics

For forty days and forty nights
my mama looked for the signs of the flood
Her eyes on the sky, scanning for the clouds,
that’ll carry all the rain. Let it come down

“Today is the first day
of the rest of your life, my son
Have I prepared you for the end of your life, my son.
For the judgement to come?”

CHORUS
River rising up, gonna spill over banks,
gonna carry us away from this town.
River rising up, gonna flood down the street,
gonna carry all our sins from this town.
I feel so dirty that I wanna be clean again
I feel so wicked that I wanna be free again

Oh Mama can you feel the water? (Water)
Oh Mama can’t you see it rise? (Rise)
Oh Mama can’t you feel the water? (Water)
Spilling over in our eyes? (Eyes)

For forty years and many tears
my mama looked for the signs of the cross
Her eyes on the prize, the return of Jesus Christ,
to bring all his babies back home.

Mama have you heard about Noah?
He was afraid of the water
So he built himself a boat
And there he had the best view of
Watching all the people drowning
Watching all the people drowning
Clawing their way up to him
While he sat on his big fat boat
feeling really good about himself
Feeling really good about himself

Water...Rise...Water...Eyes

CHORUS
River rising up, gonna spill over banks,
gonna carry us away from this town.
River rising up, gonna flood down the street,
gonna carry all our sins from this town.
I feel so dirty that I wanna be clean again
I feel so wicked that I wanna be free again

Oh Mama can you feel the water? (Water)
Oh Mama can’t you see it rise? (Rise)
Oh Mama can’t you feel the water? (Water)
Spilling over in our eyes? (Eyes)

Do you really wanna go? Is it really so bad?
Will you leave me here alone? Was I really so bad? (Rise)
Do you really wanna go? Is it really so bad?
Will you leave me here alone? Was I really so bad?