Backwater Blues Lyrics

von Bessie Smith

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Der Song "Backwater Blues" von Bessie Smith handelt von einer Zeit, in der es fünf Tage lang geregnet hat und der Himmel...

When it rained five days
And the sky turned dark as night
When it rained five days
And the sky turned dark as night
Then trouble's takin' place
In the lowlands at night

I woke up this mornin'
Can't even get out of my door
I woke up this mornin'
Can't even get out of my door
There's enough trouble to make a poor girl
Wonder where she wanna go

Then they rowed a little boat
About five miles cross the pond
Then they rowed a little boat
About five miles cross the pond
I packed all my clothes
Throwed 'em in and they rowed me along

When it thunders and lightnin'
And the wind begins to blow
When it thunders and lightnin'
And the wind begins to blow
There's thousands of people
Ain't got no place to go

And I went and stood up
On some high old lonesome hill
And I went and stood up
On some high old lonesome hill
Then looked down on the house
Where I used to live

Backwater blues done called me
To pack my things and go
Backwater blues done called me
To pack my things and go
'Cause my house fell down
And I can't live there no more

Mmm, I can't move no more
Mmm, I can't move no more
There ain't no place for a poor old girl to go