Ballad of the Big Thompson Canyon Flood, 1976

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James Dean Cotton

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We were celebrating on a Colorado night
You could see the campfires glistening along the riverside
From Loveland up to Estes and all the way back to the Great Divide
I could hear the laughter as my grandpa made a joke
The women did the dishes as the men stepped out to smoke
And somewhere up the canyon, a breeze began to rise and thunder spoke
But see her run
She's beautiful and deadly as a gun
And only made of water, anyone
Who'd listen to that melody, oh son
If you could only see that river run
We could see the water rising, and we knew we couldn't stay
And by the time the truck was started up, the bridge had given way
And a wall of rocks and water then descended and took everything away
We could hear the helicopters circling overhead
And feel the boulders grinding in the bottom of the riverbed
A morning sun would shine upon a hundred and forty-four dead
See Her Run
She's beautiful and deadly as a gun
And only made of water, anyone
Who'd listen to that melody, oh son
If you could only see that river run
They straightened out the Thompson back in '32
For Roosevelt, The New Deal, just to bring the West to you
To sit beside a river in the loveliest of places with a view
To see her run
She's beautiful and deadly as a gun
And only made of water, anyone
Wouldn't blame her for the thing she's done
If you could only see that river run
Shining like a diamond in the sun
Only made of water, anyone
Who'd listen to that melody, oh son
If you could only see that river run

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