How highs the water, mama?
Two feet high and risin
How highs the water, papa?
Two feet high and risin
We can make it to the road in a homemade boat
Thats the only thing we got left thatll float
Its already over all the wheat and the oats,
Two feet high and risin
How highs the water, mama?
Three feet high and risin
How highs the water, papa?
Three feet high and risin
Well, the hives are gone,
Ive lost my bees
The chickens are sleepin
In the willow trees
Cows in water up past her knees,
Three feet high and risin
How highs the water, mama?
Four feet high and risin
How highs the water, papa?
Four feet high and risin
Hey, come look through the window pane,
The bus is comin, gonna take us to the train
Looks like well be blessed with a little more rain,
4 feet high and risin
How highs the water, mama?
Five feet high and risin
How highs the water, papa?
Five feet high and risin
Well, the rails are washed out north of town
We gotta head for higher ground
We cant come back till the water comes down,
Five feet high and risin
Well, its five feet high and risin