To make a poor girl wonder where she wants to go
And I can't live there no more
Ain't got no place to go
Then I went and stood upon some high old lonesome hill
Throwed them in and they rowed me along
I packed all my clothes
Then trouble's takin' place
There's been enough trouble
Then they rowed a little boat about five miles 'cross the pond
There's thousands of people
Backwater blues done call me to pack my things and go
I can't move no more
I woke up this mornin', can't even get out of my door
I can't move no more
Then they rowed a little boat about five miles 'cross the pond
Backwater blues done call me to pack my things and go
There ain't no place
'Cause my house fell down
In the lowlands at night
When it thunders and lightnin' and the wind begins to blow
I woke up this mornin', can't even get out of my door
Where I used to live
When it thunders and lightnin' and when the wind begins to blow
Then I went and stood upon some high old lonesome hill
Then looked down on the house
