Cairo, IL

All the fields are flooded up to Highway 51

Illinois is coming 'cross the bridge where the Old Ohio was

Don't look away, it will be gone

Kentucky and Missouri, a trinity of states

Nothing's in a hurry 'cept the water in between the rising banks

Oh, nothing moves but nothing stays

Where the longing for the leaving and the welcome-home receiving join

Still, I'll keep driving past the ghost of Cairo, Illinois

She used to be a beauty back in 1891

After Fort Defiance, now she's weathered by the river and the sun

She's still around but she is gone

Where the longing for the leaving and the welcome-home receiving join

Still, I'll keep driving past the ghost of Cairo, Illinois

Where the longing for the leaving and the welcome-home receiving join

Still, I'll keep driving past the ghost of Cairo, Illinois

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