Backwater Blues

Well, it rained five days and the sky turned dark as night

Well, it rained five days and the sky turned dark as night

Them troubles takin' place in the lowlands at night

I woke up this morning, can't even get out of my door

I woke up this morning, can't even get out of my door

There's enough trouble, make a poor girl wonder where she wanna go

Then they rowed a little boat about five miles 'cross the pond

Then they rowed a little boat about five miles 'cross the pond

I packed all my clothes, throwed 'em in, and they rowed me along

When it thunders and lightnings, and the wind begins to blow

When it thunders and lightnings, and the wind begins to blow

There're thousands of people ain't got no place to go

Then I went and stood up on some high, old, lonesome hill

Then I went and stood up on some high, old, lonesome hill

Then looked down on my house where I used to live

Backwater blues done caused me to pack my things and go

Backwater blues done caused me to pack my things and go

'Cause my house fell down and I can't live there no more

Mmm, I can't move no more

Mmm, I can't move no more

There ain't no place for a poor old girl to go