Oh Lord, have mercy on this old town of Allen

Chorus

Water rolling down the holler (soft harmonies)

Dark as sorrow, swift and wide

Left our lives broke and hollow

On that cold Kentucky night

Post-Chorus

Oh Lord, oh Lord, have mercy

Verse 2

Allen’s fields, now gone to river

Barn and steeple washed away

Ma and Pa’s old gospel pictures

Floating lost amidst the clay

Pre-Chorus

All that’s good slipped through my fingers

Rain keeps falling on my soul

Chorus

Water rolling down the holler (soft harmonies)

Dark as sorrow, swift and wide

Left our lives broke and hollow

On that cold Kentucky night

Post-Chorus

Oh Lord, oh Lord, have mercy

Verse 3

Empty porch with boots still waiting

Sunday dresses caked in mud

Cousin Joe and little Katie

Names remembered by the flood

Pre-Chorus

Silent prayer beside the ruins

Hope feels distant, faith feels small

Chorus

Water rolling down the holler (soft harmonies)

Dark as sorrow, swift and wide

Left our lives broke and hollow

On that cold Kentucky night

Post-Chorus

Oh Lord, oh Lord, have mercy