Water Don't Knock

The water don't knock

The water don't knock

Sky went green about a quarter past four Dog's been howling at

the kitchen door

Radio man says it's turning our way

Never seen the river run like that in my day

Boards on the window,

pictures off the wall

Ain't no warning gonna save you when it comes at all

The water don't knock,

it just comes on in Takes the front porch,

takes the whole front room You can pray to the sky,

you can run to the rock But the water don't knock (the

water don't knock)

Old man Riley wouldn't leave his land

Said he built the whole thing with his own two hands

Come the morning there was nothing on the hill But a chimney

and a mailbox standing still

Boards on the window,

pictures off the wall

Ain't no warning gonna save you when it comes at all

The water don't knock,

it just comes on in

Takes the front porch,

takes the whole front room You can pray to the sky,

you can run to the rock But the water don't knock (the

water don't knock)

Rising, rising, hear it in the ground

Rising, rising, ain't a soul in town Rising,

rising —

The water don't knock,

it just comes on in Takes the front porch,

takes the whole front room You can pray to the sky,

you can run to the rock But the water don't knock

The water don't knock

The water don't knock