High Water lyrics

High water risin` - risin` night and day
All the gold and silver are being stolen away
Big Joe Turner lookin` East and West
From the dark room of his mind
He made it to Kansas City
Twelfth Street and Vine
Nothing standing there
High water everywhere

High water risin`, the shacks are slidin` down
Folks lose their possessions - folks are leaving town
Bertha Mason shook it - broke it
Then she hung it on a wall
Says, `You`re dancin` with whom they tell you to
Or you don`t dance at all.`
It`s tough out there
High water everywhere

I got a cravin` love for blazing speed
Got a hopped up Mustang Ford
Jump into the wagon, love, throw your panties overboard
I can write you poems, make a strong man lose his mind
I`m no pig without a wig
I hope you treat me kind
Things are breakin` up out there
High water everywhere

High water risin`, six inches `bove my head
Coffins droppin` in the street
Like balloons made out of lead
Water pourin` into Vicksburg, don`t know what I`m going to do
`Don`t reach out for me,` she said
`Can`t you see I`m drownin` too?`
It`s rough out there
High water everywhere

Well, George Lewis told the Englishman, the Italian and the Jew
`You can`t open your mind, boys
To every conceivable point of view.`
They got Charles Darwin trapped out there on Highway Five
Judge says to the High Sheriff,
`I want him dead or alive
Either one, I don`t care.`
High Water everywhere

The Cuckoo is a pretty bird, she warbles as she flies
I`m preachin` the Word of God
I`m puttin` out your eyes
I asked Fat Nancy for something to eat, she said, `Take it off the shelf -
As great as you are a man,
You`ll never be greater than yourself.`
I told her I didn`t really care
High water everywhere

I`m getting` up in the morning - I believe I`ll dust my broom
Keeping away from the women
I`m givin` `em lots of room
Thunder rolling over Clarksdale, everything is looking blue
I just can`t be happy, love
Unless you`re happy too
It`s bad out there
High water everywhere
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