Back water
rising:
southern people can't make no time
I said
back water rising:
southern people cna't make no time
And I
can't get no hearing
from that Memphis gal of mine
Water all
in Arkansas:
people screaming in Tennessee
Ohhhhhhhhhh:
people screaming in Tennessee
If I don't
leave Memphis
back water been all over poor me
People,
cinch it's raining:
it has been for nights and days
People,
it's a cinch it's rainging:
has been for nights and days
Thousand
people stands on the hill
looking down where they used to stay
Children
standing screaming:
mama we ain't got no home
Ohhhhhhhhhh:
mama we ain't got no home
Papa says
to children:
back water left us all alone
Back water
rising,
coming in my windows and doors
The back
water rising,
coming in my windows and doors
I leave
with a prayer in my heart:
back water won't rise no more |