Dinah Washington – Back Water Blues

Lyrics

 

When it rains five daysAnd the skies turn black as nightI said when it rains five daysAnd the skies turn black as nightYou know there’s trouble in the lowlandsAnd everything ain’t right
Well, well, I woke up this mornin’Couldn’t even get out of my doorYeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I woke up this mornin’I couldn’t even get out of my doorThere was enough troubleTo make a poor girl wonder where she’s oughta go
‘Bout that time they rowed a little boatAbout five miles across the farmYeah, yeah, I said they rowed a little boat, rowed a little boatAbout five miles across the farmI packed up all of my clothes, and throwed them inThen they rowed me right along
That’s why, that’s why the blues done called meCalled me to pack my clothes and goThe blues done called meCalled me to pack my clothes and go‘Cause my house done fell downAnd I can’t live there no more
Somebody, somebody, somebody please tell meWhere there’s for a poor girl like me to goYeah, can’t you see I’m tired?And I don’t feel like moving no moreBut, but if I ever get my nerves settled down, LordI’ll be a mill so and so

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