BACKWATER BLUES Lyrics

When it rained five days and the skies turned dark as night

When it rained five days and the skies turned dark as night

There was trouble taking place in the lowlands at night

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

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

Enough trouble to make poor boy wonder where he gonna go

They rowed a little boat, about five miles 'cross the farm

They rowed a little boat, about five miles 'cross the farm

I packed up all my clothing, threw it in and they rowed me along

It thundered and it lightened and the winds began to blow

It thundered and it lightened and the winds began to blow

There was a thousand women, didn't have no place to go

I went out to the lonesome, high old lonesome hill

I went out to the lonesome, high old lonesome hill

I looked won on the old house, where I used to live

Backwater blues have caused me to pack up my things and go

Backwater blues have caused me to pack up my things and go

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

Hmm, I can't live there no more

Hmm, I can't live there no more

And there ain't no place for a poor old boy to go