JOAN BAEZ lyrics - Money For Floods

(R. Shindell)



My name is Eliza

I live by the river

My daughter Louise

Will be three in July

If July ever comes

It's beginning to feel

Like the water will never

Surrender the field



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Everyone knows

Rivers will swell

But they always find money

They always find money

They always find

Money for floods



The President came

In a green helicopter

He and the Governor

Walked all around

My sister broke down

And he gave her a hug

And told her he'd do

Everything that he could



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When I was sixteen

I went out with a boy

I'd tell you his name

If I thought it would help

He told me he loved me

And tossed me a girl

The bigger my belly

The faster he ran



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