Hold Back The Water – Remix
The most powerful moment [on the album] comes on Hold Back the Water, a moodily atmospheric, very modern-sounding track about the ravaging of the planet.
– Steve Morse
Former Staff Music Critic, Boston Globe 28 years
Rock History Teacher, Berklee College of Music
Chuck McDermott: Vocals
Marco Giovino: Drums
Richard Gates: Bass
Duke Levine: Electric Guitar
Kevin Barry: Electric Guitar, Pedal Steel, Moog
Deni Hlavinka: Vocals
Jeff Ramsey: Vocals
LYRICS: Hold Back The Water
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Oh lord, gotta hold back the water
Oh lord, gotta hold back the water
Oh lord, gotta hold back the water
Oh lord, gotta hold back the water
I can see the red creek rise
I swear it swells before my eyes
I can see the red creek rise
There’s no knowing yesterday
Thunder clouds are turning black
Like a sack of coal on the devil’s back
Thunder clouds are turning black
Hands from heaven reaching down
Oh lord, gotta hold back the water
Oh lord, gotta hold back the water
Oh lord, gotta hold back the water
Oh lord, gotta hold back the water
[Spoken word interlude]
Water high above the river bed
Leaves the world to the copperhead
Water high above the river bed
(What we knew is other’s now)
Water rots your momma’s bones
Six feet south of her tombstone
Water rots your momma’s bones
Take her soul to higher ground
Oh lord, gotta hold back the water
Oh lord, gotta hold back the water
Oh lord, gotta hold back the water
Oh lord, gotta hold back the water