You got to shake it, ‘cause the dams about to break

You got to shake it, the levees seen all it can take

Noah and the ark, old man and the sea, Ahab and his fish

Ain’t got nothin’ wet on me

So take me back baby (take me back baby)

I’m so tired of feelin’ blue

Won’t you take me back baby

We got nothin’ left to lose (can’t lose, can’t lose, no more)

The river’s risin’ lord it’s high, high, high

You got to shake it, before it’s gone

Mama you got to shake it, the river’s strong

Saint Croix moon, like a Mississippi mile

The flood is comin’ in a mother nature’s trial

So take me back baby (take me back baby)

I’m so tired of feelin’ blue

Won’t you take me back baby

We got nothin’ left to lose (nothin’, nothin’, nothin’ left to lose)

The river’s risin’ lord it’s high, high, high

Won’t you take me back baby

Lord I’m tired of feelin’ blue (tired of feelin’ blue)

Won’t you take me back baby

We got nothin’ left to lose (nothin’, nothin’, nothin’ left to lose)

You better get back ‘cause the river’s risin’ lord it’s high, high, high

The river’s risin’ and it’s high, high, high

The river’s risin’ there’s no way out

The river’s risin’ there’s no way out (you got to shake it)

The river’s risin’ there’s no way out (take me back baby