[Intro]
Yeah
Look there yonder
Aah
I hear you

[Verse 1]
And it rained five days and the skies turned dark as night
And it rained five days and the skies turned dark as night
Then trouble's takin' place
In the lowlands at night

[Verse 2]
I woke up this mornin', couldn't even get out of my door
I woke up this mornin', couldn't even get out of my door
Enough trouble
To make a poor girl wonder where she wants to go

[Verse 3
And they rowed a little boat about five miles 'cross the pond
And they rowеd a little boat about five miles 'cross thе pond
I packed up all my clothes
Throwed them in and they rowed me along

[Verse 4]
It thundered and lightninged and when the wind begin to blow
And it thundered and lightninged and the wind begin to blow
Yea there's thousands of women
Ain't got no place to go
[Verse 5]
I went and I stood upon some high old lonesome hill
I went and I stood upon some high old lonesome hill
And looked down on the house
Where I used to live

[Verse 6]
Backwater blues have caused me to pack my things and go
Backwater blues have caused me to pack my things and go
'Cause my house washed away
And I can't live there no more

[Outro]
Mmm I can't move no more
Mmm I can't move no more (Yeah)
Cause my house fell down and I can't live there no more