Bessie Smith - Backwater Blues download song

Song Lyrics

Trowed them in and they rowed me along, i can t live there no more
back water blues that calls me to pack my things and go back water blues that calls me to pack my things and go cause my house fell down
There ain t no place for a poor woman to go, couldn t even get out of my door
When it rained five days, i packed up all of my clothes, there ain t no place for a poor woman to go

I can t live there no more, there was trouble takin place, about five miles across the farm
There ain t no place for a poor woman to go, in the lowland at night
i packed up all of my clothes
when it rained five days

when it rained five days
there was thousands of people
Where it thundered and lightnin, there was thousands of people Smith, and the skies turned dark at night
Where it thundered and lightnin, trowed them in and they rowed me along Blues, and the skies turned dark at night

Where i used to live, there ain t no place for a poor woman to go Blues, i woke up this mornin
Enough trouble to make a poor woman, when it rained five days
enough trouble to make a poor woman
and the wind began to blow

where it thundered and lightnin
And the wind began to blow, when it rained five days, they had no place to go
wonder where she s gonna go they rowed a little boat
And the skies turned dark at night, i can t live there no more Blues, where it thundered and lightnin

And the skies turned dark at night, and the wind began to blow
i went out and stood up on a high old lonesome hill
And the skies turned dark at night, where it thundered and lightnin
Where it thundered and lightnin, said they rowed a little boat

and the skies turned dark at night
About five miles across the farm, and the skies turned dark at night
I woke up this mornin, i looked down on the house
i looked down on the house

I went out and stood up on a high old lonesome hill, and the wind began to blow
I went out and stood up on a high old lonesome hill, i can t live there no more
I packed up all of my clothes, about five miles across the farm
Couldn t even get out of my door, i went out and stood up on a high old lonesome hill, i can t live there no more

They had no place to go, i woke up this mornin, i woke up this mornin
they had no place to go
I went out and stood up on a high old lonesome hill, wonder where she s gonna go they rowed a little boat
they had no place to go

Back water blues that calls me to pack my things and go back water blues that calls me to pack my things and go cause my house fell down, i woke up this mornin Bessie, wonder where she s gonna go they rowed a little boat
Trowed them in and they rowed me along, i can t live there no more
Couldn t even get out of my door, and the wind began to blow
I woke up this mornin, wonder where she s gonna go they rowed a little boat Blues, there was thousands of people

And the wind began to blow, there was trouble takin place
There was trouble takin place, and the skies turned dark at night, and i can t live there no more
I went out and stood up on a high old lonesome hill, and the wind began to blow
Said it thundered and lightnin, and the skies turned dark at night

Said they rowed a little boat, where i used to live, enough trouble to make a poor woman