1940 (feat. John Lucas)
They sold every tree on the mountain
From Seven Devils to Deep Gap
Cut ties with the natives when
They wouldn't give up their holy land
Summer of 1940
When the hurricane came and stayed
Five days of rain overfilled the banks
The rivers took back everything
Twenty-one inches of rain
The mountains gave way
In the attic mama's holding the babe
But the water's rising
Polly Ward's house down in Cove Creek
Floated for three miles in one piece
Richard Gilliam took a clothesline
Tied his house to a cedar that night
Ben Ward's saw mill was washed away
His trucks were found near the Tennessee line
Like a thief in the night the avalanche came
Took all three girls from Eliza Greene
Twenty-one inches of rain
The mountains gave way
In the attic mama's holding the babe
But the water is rising
And they all knew then if they wouldn't have sold their timber
The landslides wouldn't have come
Every bridge washed out by that cold dark river
Would've still been there to hold them up
Twenty-one inches of rain
The mountains gave way
In the attic mama's holding the babe
But the water is rising
From Seven Devils to Deep Gap
Cut ties with the natives when
They wouldn't give up their holy land
Summer of 1940
When the hurricane came and stayed
Five days of rain overfilled the banks
The rivers took back everything
Twenty-one inches of rain
The mountains gave way
In the attic mama's holding the babe
But the water's rising
Polly Ward's house down in Cove Creek
Floated for three miles in one piece
Richard Gilliam took a clothesline
Tied his house to a cedar that night
Ben Ward's saw mill was washed away
His trucks were found near the Tennessee line
Like a thief in the night the avalanche came
Took all three girls from Eliza Greene
Twenty-one inches of rain
The mountains gave way
In the attic mama's holding the babe
But the water is rising
And they all knew then if they wouldn't have sold their timber
The landslides wouldn't have come
Every bridge washed out by that cold dark river
Would've still been there to hold them up
Twenty-one inches of rain
The mountains gave way
In the attic mama's holding the babe
But the water is rising
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Writer(s): Erin Banks
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