TRUE STORY OF TRAGEDY OF ALLEN KENTUCKY FLOOD ONE COLD WINTERS DAY

Chorus

Woke up to the river roaring, muddy water in the lane

Allen, Kentucky drowning, mountain weeping every name

Lost dogs and kittens floating, sorrow thicker than the rain

Hillfolk pulling hillfolk, heart to heart through all the pain

Post-Chorus

Ohh, we won’t go under

Ohh, we drag each other

Verse 2

Papaw in his coal boots, Mamaw wringing out her dress

Rubber boots in dirty water, no time for nothing less

Stacked up beds and children’s drawings, towers reaching to the sky

Lost it all but kept each other, can’t keep a hillbilly dry

Pre-Chorus

Neighbor’s hands, old songs we hum

Haul the ruined memories, one by one

Forty years and flood keeps coming ‘round

Mountain strong, we stand our ground

Chorus

Woke up to the river roaring, muddy water in the lane

Allen, Kentucky drowning, mountain weeping every name

Lost dogs and kittens floating, sorrow thicker than the rain

Hillfolk pulling hillfolk, heart to heart through all the pain

Post-Chorus

Ohh, we won’t go under

Ohh, we drag each other

Bridge

Mud still stains my Sunday shoes, red clay under every nail

Found a photo in the wreckage, stories ghosts refuse to tell

But kinfolk on the front porch, passing jars and telling tales

Digging deep for laughs and comfort, lifting spirits where we fell

Chorus

Woke up to the river roaring, muddy water in the lane

Allen, Kentucky drowning, mountain weeping every name

Lost dogs and kittens floating, sorrow thicker than the rain

Hillfolk pulling hillfolk, heart to heart through all the pain

Post-Chorus

Ohh, we won’t go under

Ohh, we drag each other

Outro

Wind whistles through hollowed cabins, echoes of what we’ve lost

But pride clings to every flagstone, no matter what it cost

From mamaw’s laugh to papaw’s shovel, their grit inside us now

Can’t keep a hillbilly down, can’t drown a mountain’s vow