| When it rained five days and the sky turned dark as night |
| When it rained five days and the sky turned dark as night |
| Then trouble’s takin' place in the lowlands at night |
| 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 enough trouble to make a poor girl wonder where she wanna go Then they rowed a little boat about five miles cross the pond |
| Then they rowed a little boat about five miles cross the pond |
| I packed all my clothes, throwed 'em in and they rowed me along |
| 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 place to go And I went and stood up on some high old lonesome hill |
| And I went and stood up on some high old lonesome hill |
| Then looked down on the house were I used to live |
| Backwater blues done called me to pack my things and go Backwater blues done called me to pack my things and go |
| 'Cause 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 |
| There ain’t no place for a poor old girl to go |