Back Water Blues
Dinah Washington
Intro: Well it rained five days and the skies turned dark as night Yes it rained five days and the skies turned dark as night There’s a trouble takin’ place in the lowlands at night I woke up this mornin’ couldn’t even get out of my door Yes woke up this mornin’ couldn’t even get out of my door Trouble make a poor boy wonder where he want to go And it thundrin and lightnin’ and the wind began to blow Yes it thundered and lightnined’ and the wind began to blow And there’s a thousand people ain’t got no place to go Well they rowed a little boat about five miles ’cross the pond Yes they rowed a little boat about five miles ’cross the pond Yes I packed my clothes throwed them in it and they rowed me along I went and stood upon some high old lonesome hill You know I went and stood upon some high old lonesome hill (Fill here) Yes I looked on the old house were I used to live Backwater blues done call me to pack my things and go Backwater blues done call me to pack my things and go Yes 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 Yes my house washed away and I can’t live there no more
