作词 : John Cloyd Miller
You’ll get by 
And so will we
It may not be the world we knew 
Some say it’s too late 
We’ve set the course somehow
We’re in it now

The waters are rising
The waters are rising around me
There’s a storm outside but inside
The trouble won’t let me be
We’re running blind
How much longer ‘til we see
That oh, oh the waters are rising
  
Watch the West burn 
On a handheld TV screen
As we’re drowning in the mud
What have we done 
That we must choose 
Between a fire and a flood

The waters are rising
The waters are rising around me
There’s a storm outside but inside
The trouble won’t let me be
We’re running blind
How much longer ‘til we see
That oh, oh the waters are rising

Let the rains come down
And the stars shine
Whatever truth may come
It’s a fate that we designed  

The waters are rising
The waters are rising around me
There’s a storm outside but inside
The trouble won’t let me be
We’re running blind
How much longer ‘til we see
That oh, oh the waters are rising

The waters are rising
The waters are rising around me
There’s a storm outside but inside
The trouble won’t let me be
We’re running blind
How much longer ‘til we see
That oh, oh the waters are rising