[Verse 1]
When it rains five days, and the skies turn dark as night
Mm, when it rains five days, and the skies turn dark as night
Then trouble's takin' place in the lowlands at night

[Verse 2]
I woke up this mornin', can't even get out my door
I woke up this mornin', can't even get out my door
There's enough trouble to make a poor girl want to go

[Verse 3]
Then, they rowed a little boat, yeah about five miles 'cross the pond
Whoa-oh, they rowed a little boat about five miles 'cross the pond
I packed all my clothes, and they rowed me along

[Verse 4]
When it thunders and lightnin', and the winds begin to blow
Woah-ooh-ooh, it thunders and lightnin', and the wind begins to blow
Well, there's a thousand people ain't got no place to go

[Trumpet Solo]

[Verse 5]
Then I went, and I stood up on a high, old lonesome hill
Then I went, and I stood up on a high, old lonesome hill
Yeah, and then I looked down on the house were I used to live
[Verse 6]
That's why the blues done caused me, well to pack my things and go
Oh-oh-oh-oh, the blues done caused me, yeah, to pack my things and go
'Cause my house fell down, and I can't live there no more

[Verse 7]
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-hoo, I can't move no more
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, I can't move no more
There ain't, ain't no place for a poor old girl to go