High water risin' - risin' night and day
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All the gold and silver are being stolen away
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Big Joe Turner lookin' East and West
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From the dark room of his mind
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He made it to Kansas City
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Twelfth Street and Vine
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Nothing standing there
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High water everywhere
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High water risin', the shacks are slidin' down
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Folks lose their possessions - folks are leaving town
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Bertha Mason shook it - broke it
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Then she hung it on a wall
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Says, "You're dancin' with whom they tell you to
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Or you don't dance at all."
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It's tough out there
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High water everywhere
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I got a cravin' love for blazing speed
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Got a hopped up Mustang Ford
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Jump into the wagon, love, throw your panties overboard
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I can write you poems, make a strong man lose his mind
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I'm no pig without a wig
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I hope you treat me kind
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Things are breakin' up out there
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High water everywhere
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High water risin', six inches 'bove my head
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Coffins droppin' in the street
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Like balloons made out of lead
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Water pourin' into Vicksburg, don't know what I'm going to do
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"Don't reach out for me," she said
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"Can't you see I'm drownin' too?"
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It's rough out there
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High water everywhere
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Well, George Lewis told the Englishman, the Italian and the Jew
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"You can't open your mind, boys
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To every conceivable point of view."
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They got Charles Darwin trapped out there on Highway Five
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Judge says to the High Sheriff,
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"I want him dead or alive
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Either one, I don't care."
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High Water everywhere
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The Cuckoo is a pretty bird, she warbles as she flies
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I'm preachin' the Word of God
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I'm puttin' out your eyes
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I asked Fat Nancy for something to eat, she said, "Take it off the shelf -
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As great as you are a man,
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You'll never be greater than yourself."
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I told her I didn't really care
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High water everywhere
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I'm getting' up in the morning - I believe I'll dust my broom
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Keeping away from the women
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I'm givin' 'em lots of room
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Thunder rolling over Clarksdale, everything is looking blue
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I just can't be happy, love
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Unless you're happy too
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It's bad out there
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High water everywhere
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High Water (For Charley Patton)
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| Bob Dylan |
