Marvin Carter

A two-time Great American Song Contest winner, Marvine Carter lives in Lebanon MO.

Judges selected her song lyric "I Can't Stop the Rain" as the First-Place winner in the Lyric Writing category of the 6th Annual Great American Song Contest.

To learn more about Marvine and her lyric writing, email her at: zcarter@advertisnet.com

Her winning lyric is printed below.

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 I CAN'T STOP THE RAIN

 HARD TO REMEMBER / THE SUNNY BLUE SKY
 RAIN KEEPS ON FALLING / AND THE RIVER'S TOO HIGH
 THEY SAY AROUND MIDNIGHT / THE RIVER WILL CREST
 REVEALING THE SECRET / OF HER COLD MUDDY BREAST

  I KNOW YOU'RE LEAVING / I'M DROWNING IN PAIN
 THE RIVER'S RISING / AND I CAN'T STOP THE RAIN

 HOW MANY LOVERS / HAVE STOOD ON THIS BRIDGE
 ASKING THE RIVER / TO FORGET AND FORGIVE
 TO GATHER THEIR TEARDROPS / AND WASH THEM AWAY
 TO KEEP HER DEEP SECRET / FOR ANOTHER DARK DAY

 I KNOW YOU'RE LEAVING / I'M DROWNING IN PAIN
 THE RIVER'S RISING / AND I CAN'T STOP THE RAIN

 THE RIVER'S RISING FROM CAVERNS UNKNOWN
 FROSTY ARMS REACHING / BREATH COLD AS STONE
 I WANT TO HOLD YOU AND NEVER LET GO / NEVER LET GO

 I SPOKE IN ANGER / YOU SAID IT'S ALRIGHT
  THE RIVER SILENT / LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT
 BUT NOW SHE IS RAGING / SHE'S CALLING YOUR NAME
 THE RIVER IS RISING / AND I CAN'T STOP THE RAIN

  © Marvine Carter