Back Water Blues-Irma Thomas

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[00:00.00]Back Water Blues - Irma Thomas
[00:08.88]When it rained five days
[00:11.57]And the skies turned dark at night
[00:18.00]When it rained five days
[00:20.50]And the skies turned dark at night
[00:27.23]There was trouble takin＇ place
[00:29.75]In the lowland at night
[00:36.36]I woke up this mornin＇
[00:38.99]Couldn＇t even get out of my door
[00:45.62]I woke up this mornin＇
[00:48.00]Couldn＇t even get out of my door
[00:54.63]Enough trouble to make a poor woman
[00:58.06]Wonder where she＇s gonna go
[01:03.86]They rowed a little boat
[01:05.86]About five miles across the farm
[01:12.55]Said they rowed a little boat
[01:15.11]About five miles across the farm
[01:21.54]I packed up all of my clothes trowed them in
[01:25.16]And they rowed me along
[01:30.52]Where it thundered and lightnin＇
[01:33.14]And the wind began to blow
[01:39.48]Said it thundered and lightnin＇
[01:42.10]And the wind began to blow
[01:48.71]There was thousands of people
[01:51.15]They had no place to go
[01:57.58]I went out and stood up
[02:00.15]On a high old lonesome hill
[02:06.53]I went out and stood up
[02:10.27]On a high old lonesome hill
[02:15.57]I looked down on the house
[02:18.97]Where I used to live
[02:24.53]Back water blues that calls me
[02:27.40]To pack my things and go
[02:33.64]Back water blues that calls me
[02:36.69]To pack my things and go
[02:42.07]＇Cause my house fell down
[02:44.64]And I can＇t live there no more
[02:51.90]Ooh I can＇t live there no more
[03:01.39]Ooh I can＇t live there no more
[03:10.13]There ain＇t no place for a poor woman to go