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Dereks Band

Crash on the levee, mama Water's gonna overflow Swamps gonna rise And no boats gonna row Now you can train on down To William's Point You can bust your

I am my father's child Am my father's child Train that's bound for nowhere Runnin' free and wild I am my father's child The world has passed me by

Did you drop your baby at the bottom of the blues? Well, everybody's gotta suffer for all the things you choose Well, I need you sweetie, I ain't got

I know, know what it's like on my own Things have been wrong but I don't want to be alone again Sometimes time ain't always on our side You can't let

My mind is weary and I'm losing sight If loving you is worth the fight Sometimes I can see it But I don't want no one else, ooh A lesser woman would

I've got the key to the highway I am bound to go I'm gonna roam this highway Till my dying day When the moon peeks over the mountain Honey, I'll be on

There comes a time in each man's life To find your way or fall behind Who you are is the path you take And I'll find my way through your mistake Sometimes

I see the people Starvin' in rags I see my brother Lyin' down with a pain I hear the babies cryin' To their Father God Askin' Him why you lettin' me born

You send up the ladder Down without a rope Was the only time it mattered Ow, when I was broke Then you're my second nature A-coming over me And though