Backwater Blues Composer(s): Big Bill Broonzy Performer(s): Big Bill Broonzy and multiple other artists
It rained 5 days and the clouds turned as dark as night Yes, it rained 5 days and the clouds turned as dark as night Lord, the trouble's takin' place, Lord, in the lowland at night
I got up one mornin', for me I couldn't even get out of my door Yes, I got up one mornin', for me I couldn't even get out of my door Lord, that was really enough trouble to make a poor man wonder why and where to go
And I waited, I stood upon a high, high old lonesome hill Lord, I waited, I stood upon a high, high old lonesome hill Lord, an' all I could do was look down on the house, baby, where I used to live
Lord, it thunderin' an' it lightnin', Lord, and the wind begin to blow Lord, it thunderin' an' it lightnin', Lord, and the wind begin to blow Lord, at that time fourthousand-million people who have no place to go
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