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Ernest Troost Live at McCabe's 1-6-12
All The Boats Are Gonna Rise (by Ernest Troost)

I don't know but I been told
No need to worry 'cause the levee's gonna hold
No need to worry 'cause the levee's gonna hold
Don't you know the levee's gonna hold

Well, the man say, poor boy, don't you realize
High water comin' all the boats are gonna rise
High water comin' all the boats are gonna rise
Told me all the boats are gonna rise

Well, his good fortune will shine on my shack
Poor boy ridin' on a rich man's back
Poor boy ridin' on a rich man's back
Told me all the boats are gonna rise

Well, folks around here they do what they must
They don't need no government to tell 'em who to trust
They don't need no government to tell 'em who to trust
Don't you know the levee's gonna hold

If it smells like trouble don't lay your money down
Get yourself a shovel, dig a hole in the ground
Get yourself a shovel, dig a hole in the ground
Don't you know the levee's gonna hold

Well, we hauled our rigs to higher ground
Fat cats laughin' as we pulled out of town
Fat cats laughin' as we pulled out of town
Don't you know the levee's gonna hold

When the levee let go with a lonesome sigh
We gathered up the bodies and we stacked 'em up high
We gathered up the bodies and we stacked 'em up high
Don't you know we stacked 'em up high

Mud on the rooftops, limbs in the trees
It takes a Mississippi bring a man to his knees
It takes a Mississippi bring a man to his knees
Don't you know the levee's gonna hold

Well, I put what was left of his pride in my pack
Rich man ridin' on a poor boy's back
Rich man ridin' on a poor boy's back
Told me all the boats were gonna rise