Now I heard the news ‘bout Darby Creek

Floodin’ the Porter place late last week

And if the rain lets up before the river peaks,

Well it’s just another wet spring

Now the river rises every seven years

But it’s one in a hundred that every many fears

Steals away your life, leaves you nothin’ but tears

And the bridge collapsed today

So I’m goin’ down to Rivertown

Gonna walk on down to Rivertown

Yea, I’m goin’ down to Rivertown

And see how high she rise-see how high she rise

Now I live up on the higher ground

But my brother farms just south of town

It’s the price he pays for the fertile ground

Where the river banks give way

I saw Denny Steele and he cursed his luck

Piled everything he could in his pickup truck

But the road washed out, his 150 got stuck

And he barely got away

So I’m goin’ down to Rivertown

Gonna walk on down to Rivertown

Yea, I’m goin’ down to Rivertown

And see how high she rise-see how high she rise

Now you came down to the levee late this morning

With your smile broke the tension, passed the coffee pot around

Now the water’s up an inch or so

But that makes ten now and don’t you know

That she’ll crest that wall and when it goes

It’ll sweep this town away

So I’m goin’ down to Rivertown

Gonna walk on down to Rivertown

Yea, I’m goin’ down to Rivertown

And see how high she rise-see how high she rise

© Mike Simmons/DeSoto Rust 2004