The Week the River Raged-Sara Evans

[00:00.000] 作曲 : Bettis, Evans, Rushing [00:00.37]sara evans-the week the river raged [00:14.61]The river ran through howard county [00:18.10]It was the life blood of the land [00:23.16]It make fields of green tobacco [00:26.65]Aching backs and callused hands [00:29.53] [00:30.21]Mama talked of a coming battle [00:32.83] [00:33.58]That the women folk had to fight [00:36.45] [00:37.01]cause the good lord owned the daytime [00:40.44]But the devil seemed to own the night [00:46.87] [00:49.12]Well, it came up out of nowhere [00:51.99] [00:52.49]From a dark and bitter seed [00:56.73] [00:57.48]It was the roughest kind of roadhouse [01:01.10]And a most unwanted **** [01:04.47]It drew the men folk like a magnet [01:07.15] [01:07.71]The women knew what they had to do [01:10.21] [01:11.46]So they put it in the hands of jesus [01:14.26] [01:14.83]cause they knew that hed come through [01:19.88]And the rains came and the river swelled [01:23.69]And the more they prayed the more it fell [01:26.68]When the levies broke everybody saw [01:30.43]The awesome power of god [01:33.55]Then the clouds rolled back and the rainbow came [01:37.29]To bring a brighter day [01:41.28] [01:42.10]cause when the flood hit howard county [01:44.96] [01:45.59]All the sins were washed away [01:51.14] [02:01.25]Now the mothers tell the story [02:03.87] [02:04.56]Of the week that the river raged [02:08.99] [02:09.62]Its the passing of the wisdom [02:12.61] [02:13.17]To the ears of tender age [02:15.97] [02:16.60]Better walk the straight and narrow [02:20.10]Better keep a watchful eye [02:23.28]cause theres a symbol of the wrath of heaven [02:26.71]In every dark cloud in the sky [02:32.02]And the rains came and the river swelled [02:35.64]And the more they prayed the more it fell [02:38.75]When the levies broke everybody saw [02:42.44]The awesome power of god [02:45.74]Then the clouds rolled back and the rainbow came [02:49.37]To bring a brighter day [02:53.23] [02:54.43]cause when the flood hit howard county [02:57.67]all the sins were washed away [03:03.29] [03:16.70]then the clutds rolled back and the rainbow came [03:20.45]to bring a brighter day [03:24.60] [03:25.32]cause when the floos hit howard country [03:28.62]all the sins were washed away [03:32.74] [03:33.80]cause when the floos hit howard country [03:37.05]All the sins were washed away