Written and recorded Feb. 17, 2008
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By the seventeenth of February record snows had come
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But a warm southern front brought the rain
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It didn't take us long to see if we were gonna save our homes
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We'd have to pile up the sandbags by the creek on 5th and Main
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Jimmy drove the snowplow truck down loaded up with sand
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Bobby brought the co-op's burlap bags
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If we had to take a break to rest or warm our hands
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We sang the Margie Stebbins Waltz while the others laid the sand
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The Margie Stebbins Waltz
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The Margie Stebbins Waltz
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It was the soundtrack of the flood
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Of the flood for us that year
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The Margie Stebbins Waltz
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The Margie Stebbins Waltz
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It was the soundtrack of the flood
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That echoed in our ears
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We stacked piles and piles of sandbags high upon the bank
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But the water kept on rising towards the top
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And though we all worked tirelessly we could see the game was up
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The water kept on coming and there was just too much to stop
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The hungry river gulped down Bill and Ginny's house
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It's like the waters ate it up and spit it out
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From the hill we watched and felt our legs go weak
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Cuz the rapids cut the house in half and dragged it in the creek
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Once the water drained away we gathered at the church
And thanked the lord that nobody was hurt
Bill and Ginny came to live with us while they'd rebuild
There wasn't any question, it's just something that we did
I suppose that others might have tried
To back away from friends in need standing by their sides
But I knew we had stood by them and sung
The lilting Margie Stebbins Waltz when the rains had come
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