Back Water Blues (Version 2)
by 
Big Bill Broonzy 
recording of 19 
from , 
It rained five days and the clouds turned as dark as night 
Yes, it rained five 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 four thousand-million people who have no place to go