THE FLOOD ON STONEY CREEK (Mickey Harris)
By: Dixie Hall (BMI)
Tom T. Hall (BMI)

VERSE 1: THE GRASS IS GROWING BACK NOW ON THAT PIECE OF GROUND
WHERE OUR OLD HOUSE ONCE STOOD BEFORE THE FLOOD CAME DOWN
THEY SAY IT WAS AN ACT OF GOD BUT I BELIEVE
GOD DID NOT SEND DOWN THE FLOOD ON STONEY CREEK

VERSE 2: ALL THROUGH THE YEARS WE THREW OUR STUFF IN STONEY CREEK
ALL THE MAN MADE THINGS AND THEN THE BRUSH AND TREES
THE WATER HAD NO PLACE TO GO IT'S PLAIN TO SEE
AND THAT'S WHAT CAUSED THE DREADFUL FLOOD ON STONEY CREEK

CHORUS: YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE FLOOD ON STONEY CREEK
WE NEVER KNEW THAT WATER GOT THAT DEEP
IT SOUNDED LIKE A BIG OLD TRAIN WAS RUNNING THROUGH OUR SLEEP
THE NIGHT THE FLOOD CAME DOWN ON STONEY CREEK

VERSE 3: WE SHOULD HAVE CLEANED THE CREEK OUT MANY YEARS AGO
BUT GOVERNMENT CAME IN AND LOOKED AND THEY SAID NO
WE CAN'T UPSET THE PLAN THEY CALL ECOLOGY
THE WAY THAT FLOOD UPSET THE PLANS OF STONEY CREEK

VERSE 4: WE ALL REMEMBER GRADY, MAY GOD REST HIS SOUL
AN OLD MAN WHO RETIRED FROM YEARS OF MINING COAL
THE WATER SWEPT HIM OFF AS IF HE WERE A LEAF
CARRIED HIM AWAY ON DOWN THE STONEY CREEK

VERSE 5: THEY FOUND HIS BODY WASHED UP DOWN BELOW THE CHURCH
JUST LIKE THE LORD REACHED OUT AND GRABBED HIM BY THE SHIRT
IT REALLY MAKES US WONDER WHAT WE HAVE TO LEARN
SO WE DON'T EVER SEE ANOTHER FLOOD RETURN

REPEAT CHORUS

VERSE 6: THEY'VE STARTED CLEANING UP THE MESS ON STONEY CREEK
BUT THEY CAN'T TAKE AWAY THE PAINFUL MEMORIES
GOD AND MAN HAVE PLANS ALL WE CAN DO IS PRAY
AND HOPE THAT STONEY CREEK WILL NOT GET IN THEIR WAY

TAG: OH YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE FLOOD ON STONEY CREEK