Governor Earl Ray Tomblin|Said as the waters rise|More than 14 people|Have already lost their lives|Such pain and devastation|We have rarely seen|As we watch the waters|Wash away our dreams| |As the waters rise|As the waters rise|As the waters rise|As the waters rise|My West Virginia home|is almost gone|As we watch the rain |raging on| |Water poured out of the creeks|And from the rivers flowed|The mounting flood grew higher|As the night was coming on|In darkness we held on|For morning to be seen|As we watch the waters|Wash away our dreams| |Friends and families mourning|As the waters now recede|My home West Virginia|You will always be|The flood may take our houses|And wash away our land|It will never take our strength|As together we will stand