Irma Thomas - Back Water Blues lyrics

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When it rained five days and the skies turned dark as night <br />

When it rained five days and the skies turned dark as night<br />

There was trouble takin' place in the lowland at night <br />

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I woke up this mornin', couldn't even get out of my door <br />

I woke up this mornin', couldn't even get out of my door <br />

Enough trouble to make a poor woman wonder where she's gonna go <br />

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They rowed a little boat just about five miles across the farm <br />

Said they rowed a little boat just about five miles across the farm <br />

I packed up all of my clothes, throwed them in, and they rowed me along <br />

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Well it thundered and lightnin'd, and the winds began to blow <br />

Said it thundered and lightnin'd, and the winds began to blow <br />

There was thousands of people <br />

They had no place to go <br />

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I went out and I stood on a high old lonesome hill <br />

I went out and I stood on a high old lonesome hill <br />

I looked down on the house where I used to live<br />

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Back Water Blues that calls me to pack my things and go <br />

Back Water Blues that calls me to pack my things and go <br />

Cause my house fell down, and I can't live there no more <br />

Ooh, I can't live there no more <br />

Ooh, I can't live there no more <br />

There ain't no place for a poor old woman to go<br />