Backwater Blues

Lyrics

[Verse 1] When it rains five days And the skies turn black at night I said, when it rains five days And the skies turn black at night Yeah, you know there's trouble in the lowlands And everything ain't right [Verse 2] Well, when I woke up this mornin' I couldn't even get outta my door (Yeah, yeah, yeah) When I woke, when I woke, when I woke When I woke up this mornin' I couldn't even get outta my door There was enough trouble To make a poor girl wonder where she oughta go [Verse 3] Oh, 'bout that time they rowed a little boat, rowed a little boat About five miles across the pond Oh, they rowed a little boat, rowed a little boat Rowed a little boat, rowed a little boat About five miles across the pond Yeah, I packed all my clothes and throwed 'em in And they rowed me right along [Verse 4] That's why, that's why, that's why the blues up and called me Called me to pack my clothes and go (Yeah, yeah, yeah) The blues, the blues, the blues, the blues up and called me Called me to pack my clothes and go 'Cause my house fell down, Lord And I can't live there no more [Instrumental Break] [Verse 5] Come on and, come on and Somebody please tell me Tell me where to find a poor girl like me to go Lord, can't you see I'm tired, can't you see I'm tired, can't you see I'm tired And I don't feel like movin' no more Yeah, but if I ever get my job, settle down I'll be a mean so-and-so, so-and-so