When the Flood Comes Down

There’s a lot of people talking about what kind of mess we’re in
And people offering advice for which nobody asked them
And people building dams, putting in wells and pumps
But when the flood comes, the water’s going to run where it wants

There’s talk about public health and decency
Respect for law and order and property
People picking through the trash, building levees out of junk
But when the flood comes, the water’s going to cover what it wants

Some people live on nothing, some people got everything
Some people pay attention, some people never learn a thing
Some people claim to be something they are not
But when the flood comes, the water’s going to drown who it wants