Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds-Muddy Water

Images of the disastrous floods that stroke the city of Genova during the 70s

Mary, grab the baby, the river's rising
Muddy water taking back the land
The old-frame house, she can't take-a one more beating
Ain't no use to stay and make a stand


Well the morning light shows water in the valley
Daddy's grave just went below the line
Things to say, you just can't take em with ya
This flood will swallow all you've left behind


Won't be back to start all over
Cause what I felt before is gone


Mary, take the child, the river's rising
Muddy water taking back my home
The road is gone, there's just one way to leave here
Turn my back on what I've left below
Shifting land, broken farms around me
Muddy water's changing all I know


It's hard to say just what I'm losing
Ain't never felt so all alone


Mary, take the child, the river's rising
Muddy water taking back my home


Won't be back to start all over
Cause what I felt before is gone


Mary, take the child, the river's rising
Muddy water's changing all I know
Muddy water's changing all I know
Lord, this muddy water is taking back my home

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Music

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• Nick
• cave
• bad
• seeds
• kicking
• against
• the
• pricks
• muddy
• water
• flood
• genova
• genoa
• italia
• italy
• alluvione

[brucebut1]

is this a nick cave original?

[iosonofederico]

Cave's covers are always very original

[breathnac]

This was the song going through my head when I evacuated New Orleans during hurricane Katrina. I get choked up every time I hear it.

[fabiochiefs]

mto loko nick sempre genial

[aklerre]

Genialna piosenka! \m/

[nhdaniele]

that hammond at 1:58 taking back my heart

[edstone1]

Australia's new national anthem.

[Lieu3C4]

A good temporal collage. Merci hors mes yeux.

[emyliette]

ma qual'è il titolo di questa canzone? grazie!

[eduardoofilho]

Caro nick, vc é fantastico

[asa7983]

Great song, I just posted another version of it on my youtube page!