backwater blues

said when it rains five days and skies turn dark as night

said when it rains five days and skies turn dark as night

there's trouble's takin' place in the lowlands at night

and i'm backwater blues done call me to pack my things and go

and i'm backwater blues done call me to pack my things and go

'cause my house fell down

can't live there no more

no more

when it rains five days and the skies turn dark as night

said when it rains five days and the skies turn dark as night

there's trouble's takin' place in the lowlands tonight

i woke up this mornin'

can't even get out of my door

i woke up this mornin'

can't even get out of my door

there's been so much trouble

make a poor boy

wonder where he wanna go

and i'm backwater blues done call me to pack my things and go

and i'm backwater blues done call me to pack my things and go

'cause my house fell down

can't go there no more

no

when it thunders and lightnin' and the wind begins to blow

when it thunders and lightnin' and the wind begins to blow

there's thousands of people ain't got no where to go

no

and i'm backwater blues done call me to pack my things and go

and i'm backwater blues done call me to pack my things and go

'cause my house fell down

can't go there no more

no more

oh

the rain's pourin'

baby

yes

i went out to the lonesome

high old lonesome hill

i went out

high old lonesome hill

i looked down on that place where i used to live

and i'm backwater blues done call me to pack my things and go

and i'm backwater blues done call me to pack my things and go

'cause my house fell down

can't go home no more

no

and i'm backwater blues

and i'm backwater blues

and i'm backwater blues

and i'm backwater blues

yeah

my house fell down

can't go home no more

no more

no more