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paul loomis - susquehanna (here it comes again) lyrics

[verse 1]
well the river brought the people here ten thousand years ago
down by the point where the fishing creek and the susquehanna flow
when the river rose, they’d move there camps on up to higher ground
and the river gave the bottom lands the finest soil around

[verse 2]
well the settlers used the river like a highway to the woods
for fishing and for washing and for shipping all their goods
the natives said the river flooded every fourteen years
but they built there towns and mills and covered bridges without fear
[pre+chorus]
but fourteen years came ’round and then
those muddy waves came lapping once again

[chorus]
yeah its that river, here it comes again
it makes me shiver, here it comes again
well the valleys broad and the soil is rich
and the fishing’s good but just one hitch
and that one hitch is every now and then
those muddy waves come lapping once again
yeah here it comes again

[verse 3]
well the settlers cut the timber down and they floated it to port
they quickly learned the river wouldn’t ship from south to north
one year they got a steam boat all the way to nescopeck
blue boiler in the shallows and everything was wrecked

[pre+chorus]
oh but as they saw that boiler getting hotter
somebody was saying too much rocks, not enough water

[chorus]
but its that river, here it comes again
it makes me shiver, here it comes again
well the valleys broad and the soil is rich
and the fishing’s good but just one hitch
and that one hitch is every now and then
we’re paddling down market street again
yeah here it comes again
[verse 4]
well there’s flooding in the winter when the ice chokes up the flow
there’s flooding in the springtime with the melting of the snow
there’s flooding in the summer when there’s days of heavy rains
and in the fall, we take a break and we start it all again

[verse 5]
but if you think the fall is safe, get ready for the [fixed?]
let me tell you about the pumpkin flood of 1786
yeah that october, the river came to steal
all the pumpkins right out of the fields

like cannonb+lls that never sink from top to bottom, bank to bank
and we all know what cannonb+lls can do
with volume and velocity, well pumpkins can too!

[verse 6]
three hundred years later, the susquehanna roles on
we build walls and dams and levees but the dangers never gone
no matter how hard you could work to try to get control
it’s a simple fact that water has got to have some place to go

[pre+chorus]
so if living close to water is what you want to do
don’t be surprised when water wants to be closer to you!
[chorus]
yeah its that river, here it comes again
it makes me shiver, here it comes again
well the valleys broad and the soil is rich
and the fishing’s good but just one hitch
and that one hitch is every now and then
we’re pressure washing town park again
yeah here it comes again

- paul loomis lyrics

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