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 [Incomprehensible], 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
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 [Incomprehensible], 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
