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Deluge

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Hank tells this story:
"Deluge" comes from a story told to me by Liz Philyaw (singer from Belle Vici) of her experience in the NC flood of 1999 during Hurricane Floyd. All she told me, combined with a few visuals from the only tv station I ever watch (The Weather Channel), really set the creative juices flowing. That little guitar motif is hypnotic like the ceaseless rain and this is the type of moody song a producer lives for. Lyrically, the song says something even deeper than what I knew was coming out when I wrote it. "Salvation is on the river..." ...For me, when everything I had known was washed away, it was then that I discovered what was truly valuable in life. I found peace and I found God. I intend to set up some sort of payout to a disaster relief organization so that whenever somebody buys this song a portion of that money goes to help people who have been through a deluge.
For the full interview go here www.mlgardnerbooks.com/blog/2014/5/4/music-monday-hank-barbee

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deluge
5.11.11

there’s a deluge comin’ down
we’re baggin’ sand and stackin’ ground
pilin’ them up along every mile
gonna meet the flood in a little while

there’s a deluge runnin’ off
grindin’ an beatin’ on the levee walls
its an ocean motion pushin’ over field and lake
our pieces of home in a lost wake

we’re holdin’ onto nothing, “where we gonna go?”

salvation is on the river
muddy waters on the banks
where only scar and stain remain
all that once was, washed away

there’s a deluge comin’ down
we loaded the car and we’re leavin’ town
draggin’ what we can from the muddy street
and a pair of shoes for the little feet

trailer park momma, got her head down
two at her side, one in her gown
poolin’ up the sorrow as she wades along
she never had a thing worth bettin’ on

she’s holding on for life, “don’t let me go”

salvation is on the river
muddy waters on the banks
where only scar and stain remain
all that once was, washed away


hold me on, hold me on, hold me on the river
hold me on, hold me on, hold me on the river
hold me on, hold me on, hold me on the river
hold me on, hold me on, hold me on the river

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from Hank Barbee, released December 31, 2012
written by Hank Barbee

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Hank Barbee North Carolina

Guitar player, balladeer, and self-reflective life-mender all rolled up in a lanky package of boyish charm. ...an interesting evolution...combine dirty blues, roots-rock, thumb-style "Travis picking", surf, dixieland and western swing… throw in some heavy life experience and meaningful lyrical content… what’s for dinner is a rich stew of the last 100+ years of American musical heritage... ... more

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