Trestle in the Flood

Verse 1

Rain came sideways off the Carolina sky

Ninety-nine was waving goodbye

Mama packed the photo albums by the door

Daddy swore the creek had never risen this high before

Pre-Chorus

Trestle groaning in the wind

Steel and timber bending thin

God forgive the ones who stayed behind

To watch the water climb

Chorus

Tarrara Creek Train coming down the trestle

Screaming through the washout in the dark

Floyd took the tracks and left the rails a-restless

But that whistle still carries through the park

Tarrara Creek Train coming down the trestle

Tarrara Creek Train coming down

Verse 2

Neighbor boy was chasing geese across the flood

Found a lantern burning in the mud

Old conductor rose up through the mist

Tapped his watch and said I never been late since

Pre-Chorus

Three more cars and then the bend

Storm may break but trains don't end

God forgive the ones who stayed behind

To watch the water climb

Chorus

Tarrara Creek Train coming down the trestle

Screaming through the washout in the dark

Floyd took the tracks and left the rails a-restless

But that whistle still carries through the park

Tarrara Creek Train coming down the trestle

Tarrara Creek Train coming down

Bridge

Steel and water never learned to compromise

One bends low and the other learns to rise

Moonlight on a rusted bell

Telling time that time can't sell

Chorus

Tarrara Creek Train coming down the trestle

Screaming through the washout in the dark

Floyd took the tracks and left the rails a-restless

But that whistle still carries through the park

Tarrara Creek Train coming down the trestle

Tarrara Creek Train coming down

Tarrara Creek Train