Grew up swimming on Crow Creek
It ran calm and cool and clean
When the rain would fall in the early spring
Mama would tell my brother and me
Stay outta that brown water
It'll pull you in, it'll drag you under
'Cause cause that current is stronger than you think
Brown water will carry your life away
Been making my money on a river barge
Three weeks on and three weeks off
On a lonely night in a tough 3rd week
I called my baby and she told me
Stay outta that brown water
It'll pull you in it'll drag you under
'Cause that current is stronger than you think
Brown water will carry your life away
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Woke up today to a goodbye note
Between a bottle of whiskey and a pack of smokes
It says you know I'll always love you Joe
But I think by now that you know
Stay outta that brown water
It'll pull you in, it'll drag you under
That current is stronger than you think
Brown water will carry your life away
Now I'm sitting on the bank of Crow Creek
It's pouring down rain and it's early spring
Brown water in my belly and around my feet
Trying to remember, what my mama told me
Stay outta that brown water, it'll pull you in, it'll drag you under
'Cause that current is stronger than you think
Brown water will carry your life away