If the Creeks Don't Rise

(Liz Anderson)



I been so lonesome I wanna go home

Ain't been home in ever so long

Goin' back home where happiness lies

If the Lord is a willing and the creek don't rise.



Goin' back home to see my mama again

All of my family and all of my friends

Wrap myself in family ties

If the Lord is a willing and the creek don't rise.

If the Lord is a willing and the creek don't rise.



Goin' back home where happiness lies

A thousand miles of a black road flies

If the Lord is a willing and the creek don't rise

If the Lord is a willing and the creek don't rise.



Tired of chasin' fortune and fame

Tired of tryin' to make me a name

No one cares if I live or I die

No one cares but my mama and I.



This old world is selfish and cruel

Dog-eat-dog that's everyone's rule

These all things ain't money can buy

So I'm goin' back home where the grass grows high.

If the Lord is a willing and the creek don't rise.



If the Lord is a willing and the creek don't rise...