Water Will Rise

Everytime I watch TV
Black water flowing is all I see
Rio de Janeiro, Brisbane too
Drowned under a muddy brew

From Brasil to the Philippines
Half the world in between
Rivers rise and overflow
Through the concrete streets they go

The rain will fall and the water will rise
Rain will fall and the water will rise
Leave the low lands and head for the highs
the rain will fall and the water will rise

I don’t claim to understand
But it seems to me that it’s down to man
We pave the land and when it rains
The water has no place to drain

The Rich live high and the poor live low
Can’t afford no better place to go
The rich sit safe on the mountainside
And watch the poor drown in the rising tide

The rain will fall and the water will rise
Rain will fall and the water will rise
Leave the low lands and head for the highs
Rain will fall and the water will rise

Oooh, Oooh, rain will fall, rain will fall, rain will fall
Water rise, water rise, water rise

The rain will fall and the water will rise
Rain will fall and the water will rise
Leave the low lands and head for the highs
Rain will fall and the water will

Rain will fall and the water will rise
Rain will fall and the water will rise
I tell you people that it’s no surprise
Tears keep falling from the skies

Written by Mark Cole (Copyright Control MCPS)
Mark Cole: vocals, harp, guitar, banjo skin, stomp box. Rick Edwards: resonator guitar.
Gospel singers: Soprano - Dionne Andrews, Alto - Patricia Bailey, Tenor - Darrel McCalla
Recorded at Plump Hill Studios. Engineered by Aaron Taylor