Backwater Blues Lyrics

It rained five days and the sky turned black as night

It rained five days and the sky turned black as night

There's some trouble taking place in the lowlands at night

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

Woke up this morning, couldn't even get out of my door

Sometimes there's so much trouble, a poor girl don't know where to go

They rowed a little boat about five miles across the farm

They rowed a little boat about five miles across the farm

I packed up all my clothes and they rowed me right along

It thunders and lightnings and the wind begins to blow

It thunders and lightnings and the wind begins to blow

There's about a thousand people there, and they ain't got nowhere to go

I went up and stood on a high and lonesome hill

I went up and stood on a high and lonesome hill

I looked down below me on the house I used to live

That's how the blues done caused me to pack up my things and go

Blues done caused me to pack up my things and go

My poor house is gone, I can't live there no more

My poor house is gone, I can't live there no more

My poor house is gone, I can't live there no more