Run for your life boys, there's nothing left to do The Pikeville Dam is cavin' in and the water's comin' through The river's been a-risin' and the rain's still comin' down For fourteen days and nights It's gonna wash away the town Chorus So let her roll Roll on muddy dream Let her roll, takin' everything It's washed away the houses, now 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
Till the Chickasaw River and the wind and rain come and robbed them of their life Chorus So let her roll Roll on muddy dream Let her roll, takin' everything 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 So let her roll Roll on muddy dream Let her roll, takin' everything So let her roll Roll on muddy dream Let her roll, takin' everything Let her roll...