Backwater Blues - Jimmy Witherspoon

Well, it rained five days

And the skies turned dark as night

Well, it rained five days

And the skies turned dark as night

And trouble’s takin' place in the lowland that night

Well, it was thunderin', it was lightnin'

And the wind began to blow

Well, it was thunderin', it was lightnin'

And the wind began to blow

Yes, in blues and trouble

Makes a poor girl wonder where she wants to go Yes, they rolled a little ball

About five miles across the park

Yes, they rolled a little ball

About five miles across the park

Yes, I packed all my clothes

Then they rolled me all along

Yes, I wait and I stood

Upon some high old lonesome hill

Well, I wait and I stood

Upon some high old lonesome hill

Then I looked down on that old shack

That old shack where I used to live