New Horizons - Yonder Mountain String Band

Come son, take hold of my hand now

Come daughter, jump into my arms

Come sweet darling wife, move quickly I’ll keep us from harm

Well, the water from the sky, it is coming

And it’s rising each minute of the day

And soon our dear home and our pleasures will be washed away

There’s a new horizon and it’s coming my son

Coming soon but I don’t know when

When the sky will dry up and stop all this raging

When we’ll be coming back again

The sun is trying to start shining

But the rain is pouring down

With the thunder and the lightning

With the rain is pouring down

For two long weeks it’s been falling

And rolling through streets of our town

Forcing families to flee from their homes, pulling crops from the ground

We must leave behind our pleasures

Yes darling we must leave them all behind

Come family now move quickly, higher ground we must find

The sun is trying to start shining

But the rain is pouring down

With the thunder and the lightning

Where the rain is pouring down

As I stand at this lonely hilltop, and I stare at the town down below

Tops of trees and muddy old roofs now all that do show

As the tears roll down my cheeks

And they match with the patter of the rain

Look in the distance for the horizon, pray we’ll come again