18 Counties

rain keep falling and you watch the water rise
rain keep falling and you watch the water rise
see it all
you see it all
see it all
it swept away before your eyes
18 counties that done got flooded on
there’s 18 counties that done got flooded on
now i’m too damn old boy
i’m too damn old
too damn old to be
trying to start all over now
his folks went down in coffeeville
they’re praying for that natural high
and his folks went down in coffeeville
they’re praying for that natural high
sell my soul
lord I sell my soul
lord i sell my soul
for a spot that’s high and dry
years go by but I swear I will forget it not
lord the years may go by but I swear I will forget it not
cause way down in southeast Kansas
southeast Kansas and
southeast Kansas
folks losing everything that they get