The Week The River Raged Lyrics

The Week The River Raged lyrics

(Sara Evans/John Bettis/Jim Rushing)

 

 The river ran through Howard County

 It was the life blood of the land

 It make fields of green tobacco

 Aching backs and callused hands

 Mama talked of a coming battle

 That the women folk had to fight

 'Cause the good lord owned the daytime

 But the devil seemed to own the night

 

 Well, it came up out of nowhere

 From a dark and bitter seed

 It was the roughest kind of roadhouse

 And a most unwanted weed

 It drew the men folk like a magnet

 The women knew what they had to do

 So they put it in the hands of Jesus

 'Cause they knew that he'd come through

 

 And the rains came and the river swelled

 And the more they prayed the more it fell

 When the levies broke everybody saw

 The awesome power of God

 Then the clouds rolled back and the rainbow came

 To bring a brighter day

 'Cause when the flood hit Howard County

 All the sins were washed away

 

 Now the mothers tell the story

 Of the week that the river raged

 It's the passing of the wisdom

 To the ears of tender age

 Better walk the straight and narrow

 Better keep a watchful eye

 'Cause there's a symbol of the wrath of Heaven

 In every dark cloud in the sky

 

 And the rains came and the river swelled

 And the more they prayed the more it fell

 When the levies broke everybody saw

 The awesome power of God

 Then the clouds rolled back and the rainbow came

 To bring a brighter day

 'Cause when the flood hit Howard County

 All the sins were washed away