The Flood

from So Long Storyland by Rathbone

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lyrics

Start boarding up the doors of this old blue house
Get ready for the storm, get ready for the storm
Start cutting up the tape, turn the old rugs out
Sweep the dust off the drive, sweep the dust off the drive
Me and my brother gonna play a game
Which one runs first in the pouring rain?

Morning breaking
(Smell the grain in the football field, count the turns on the tractor wheel)
Morning breaking
(Why don't you take my hand, why don't you take my hand?)
Let's go out and play, let's go out and play today

Oh, oh no,
The flood is rising in the street
Oh, too bad, too late
The flood is gonna break

We can light another candle, pull the pictures out
Do you remember when we last saw them?
No more talk of the towns that won't be saved
Eunice, Menden, St. Rose, Venice
New Roads got washed, St. Rose got razed

Morning breaking
(White shells on the driveway, white trucks with the killer spray)
Morning breaking
(Jump the steps to the TV den, hide and seek in a dryer bin)
Let's go out and play, let's go out and play today

Oh, oh no,
The flood is rising in the street
Oh, too bad, too late
The flood is gonna break

(Oh great creator up in the sky)
Oh, the rain, the wind
(Please tell me what is here inside)
The house is caving in
(We came to find you, we don't know why)
Black cloud, no fair
(Please tell us what is here inside)
Don't want the flood to break

credits

from So Long Storyland, released September 1, 2015
Sophia Preston - vocals
Eric Rogers - drums
Rathbone - guitar, bass, piano, synth, sampling
Chris Finney - mixing, production

Written and produced by Rathbone