Lyrics by Chuck Scudder

The piney river is overflowing, and the dam can't hold her back
The water's starting to rise, now it's time for us to act
We started filling cardboard boxes, and mama knelt down to pray
"Lord, stop all this rain, please return us to sunny days"

I saved a picture of us kids playing tag in the yard
Along with a cigar box full of my old baseball cards
Baby books 'n marriage papers, a medal from Viet Nam
An ole one eyed teddy bear that belonged to my mom

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Three straight days it's rained, our hopes are slipping away
Dark Clouds paint the heavens which means they're here to stay
We're doing everything we can trying to preserve our past
If only the Lord heard mama's prayers maybe the rain won't last

Despite the rain not letting up we all did the best we could
Saving things that are more important that four walls made of wood
I rescued my Gene Autry pistol and grandpa's old rocking chair
Where he'd entertain us kids while rocking in the evening air

We finally managed to fill the bed of dad's old pickup truck
We knew it was time to leave, we were afraid to press our luck
Someday we'll return to the land we love and again mama will pray
She'll thank the Lord for his kindness and all the lives he saved

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Three straight days we fought the rain while our hopes slipped away
But, despite the amount of rain that fell mama continued to pray
And when we return to the home we love, she'll once again drop
down on her knees and thank the lord that everyone is okay

The front porch swing is rocking toa gentle Autum Breeze
Cool air brings signs of fall soon everything will freeze
Leaves skip across the sidewalk I think I hear you call
I throw the front door open your voice echoes down the hall


Oh, those morning memories will forever make me cry
I'll never see the sunshine for these teardrops in my eyes
They take me back to yesterday to the days of me and you
And I wonder if you think about what I'm going through

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It hurts to think that you're in the arms of someone new
But my door's always open if they get tired of holding you
My heart tells me I'm a fool, who's slowly losing his mind
Who dreads the months ahead for the sun will never shine

Mornings we'd discuss our future Over coffee when we talked
And you always held my hand, when we took our mornings walks
I always thought those were times we both loved to share
But now my broken heart whispers you never really cared

At night I'm haunted by our love I thought would always last
And every morning when I awake, I'm living in the past
My days are spent recalling a time when our love was real
I'm shackled to the memories of the ways you made me feel

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It hurts to think that you're in the arms of someone new
But my door is always open if they get tired of holding you
My heart tells me I'm a fool who's slowly losing his mind
Who dreads the months ahead for the sun will never shine
It hurts to think about you in the arms of someone new
But my door's always open if they get tired of holding you

You walked away from our table
To go talk with one of your friends
I can tell by the way you're acting
You're talking about me once again

How come you're acting so selfish?
What you're doing just ain't right
While I'm chasing whiskey with water
You're chasing your friend here tonight

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Girl you're walking on my feelings
With your fooling and messing around
I feel like the whiskey I'm drinking
It feels like I'm always put down

Tonight, you said we have a great time
But the moment that we walked in
I could tell you didn't mean with me
Because you're sitting with your friend

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Girl you're walking on my feelings
With your fooling and messing around
I feel like the whiskey I'm drinking
It feels like I'm always put down

Those hurtin' songs on the juke box
Keep telling me what a fool I've been
While your night's just getting started
It seems like mine's come to an end

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Girl you're walking on my feelings
With your fooling and messing around
It feels like the whiskey I'm drinking
It feels like I'm always put down
It feels like I'm always put down

I can't believe you asked a friend to tell me you'd gone away
She told me you were leaving no matter what I had to say
It's clear she doesn't care if my world falls apart, because
She found someone knew, not caring that she broke my heart

When your friend called, she didn't bother telling me why you
Decided to leave my world and move to the other side, I should
Have known when you said, "Go have fun with your friends," it was
Your way of letting me know it was the beginning of the end"

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You never filled my mind with doubt, and I never accused
You of doing something you had to explain, I believed our
Future was so bright that it blinded me, which meant I
Failed to see the warning signs that were in plain sight


How can you stop thinking about the love we used to share?
And how many times did I show you how much I really cared
I guess they're just two memories you chose to leave behind
Loving memories that will slowly disappear with time

Now I'm thinking ahead to winter when snow covers the ground
Will I miss your smiles and laughter since you're not around
If I live to be a hundred, I'll never know why you ran away
But unlike you I would have listened to anything you had to say

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You never filled my mind with doubt, and I never accused
You of doing something you had to explain, I believed our
Future was so bright that it blinded me, which meant I
Failed to see the warning signs that were in plain sight
I believed out future was so bright that it blinded me,
Which meant I failed to see the warning signs that were
In plain sight

She likes her coffee black, beer on tap
Cutoff blue jeans and stuff like that
Her chicken fried Grits on the side
Her soul is filled with southern pride

She's my whole world my down south girl
Who's plain spoken with a southern drawl
Her stubborn ways came from her daddy
Her southern charm came from her ma

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She's my whole world, my down south girl
Raised in the delta where cotton is king
And folks still sing, "I wish I was in the
Land of cotton, old times there are not
Forgotten, look away, look away"

She proudly displays the red, white and blue
Crayfish and gumbo are her favorites foods
She went barefoot when she started to school
Where she learned to live by the Golden Rule

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She's my whole world, my down south girl
Raised in the delta where cotton is King
And folks still sing, "I wish I was in the
Land of cotton, old times there are not
forgotten, look away, look away"

When I look at her, I'm happy at what I see
My brown eyed Cajun beauty staring back at me
She's my whole world, my down south girl
Raised in the delta where cotton is king
And folks still sing, "I wish I was in the
Land of cotton, old times there are not
Forgotten, look away, look away"

Unlike most men my best friend's a woman so tonight I thought I'd
Give her a call, when she answered the phone, she began to cry
Then she asked, "If you're not busy, would you mind stopping by?"

It's been quite a while since I've seen her smile, and last week
She told me why, she said, "I'm running out of time to meet the man
of my dreams, I'm starting to believe he's someone I'll never find

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Tonight, I hope she'll smile again when she learns that someone has
Fallen in love with her, and this will be the last night she'll be
Alone, then I'll tell her, 20 minutes ago you called him on the phone

I could tell she was nervous when she asked, "Are you the someone who
Fell in love with me?" I said, "Yes," as a tear rolled down her chin
Then she said, "I'm glad, now I think it's time you kiss your best friend

She's not as beautiful as a Hollywood Queen and she'll never star in a
Movie the silver screen, but to me she's the cutest gal I've ever seen,
Who has a heart of gold, and the only hand that I'll ever want to hold

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Tonight, I saw her smile for the first time in quite a while, when I told
Her that someone fell in love with her, and all her lonely nights would
Come to an end, because she picked up the phone and called her best friend
Yeah, she picked up her phone and called her best friend