[00:01.06]Highwater (for Charlie Patton)
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[00:15.79]Highwater risin', rising night and day
[00:19.85]All the gold and silver are being stolen away
[00:23.86]Big joe turner looking east and west from the dark room of his mind
[00:31.26]He made it to kansas city, twelfth street and vine
[00:33.00]Nothin' standing there
[00:37.57]Highwater everywhere
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[00:43.59]Highwater rising the shacks are sliding down
[00:47.81]Folks lose their possessions, the folks are leaving town
[00:51.70]Reformation shook it, broke it, then she hung it on the wall
[00:56.58]Say you dancin' with whom they tell you to or you don't dance at all
[01:01.29]It's tough out there
[01:05.90]Highwater everywhere
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[01:10.82]I got a craven love for blazin' speed
[01:13.33]I got a hopped up mustang ford
[01:15.32]Jump into the wagon, love
[01:18.45]Throw your panties overboard
[01:19.80]I can write you poems, make a strong man lose his mind
[01:24.81]I'm no pig without a wig, i hope you treat me kind
[01:29.05]Things are breakin' up out there
[01:33.80]Highwater everywhere
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[01:41.14]Highwater rising, six inches above my head
[01:47.01]Coffins droppin' in the street like balloons made out of lead
[01:48.04]Water poured into vicksburg, don't know what i'm gonna do
[01:53.06]Don't reach out for me, she said, can't you see i'm drowning too
[01:58.31]It's rough out there
[02:04.27]Highwater everywhere
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[02:07.33]Well, george lewes told the englishman, the italian and the jew
[02:12.20]You can't open up your mind, boys, to every conceivable point of view
[02:16.67]They got charles darwin trapped out there on highway 5
[02:21.00]Judge says to the high sheriff, i want them dead or alive
[02:26.85]Either one, i don't care
[02:29.47]Highwater everywhere
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[02:35.66]Well, the cuckoo is a pretty bird, she warbles as she flies
[02:41.60]I'm preachin' the word of god, i'm puttin' out your eyes
[02:43.79]I asked fat nancy for someth'n' to eat, she said take it off the shelf
[02:49.22]As great as you are man, you'll never be greater than yourself
[02:52.53]I told her i didn't really care
[02:55.61]Highwater everywhere
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[03:02.70]I get up in the mornin', i believe i'll dust my broom
[03:07.20]Keepin' away from the women, i'm givin' them lots of room
[03:11.66]Thunder rollin' over clarksdale, everythin' a-lookin' blue
[03:19.39]I just can't be happy, love, unless you're happy too
[03:20.56]It's bad out there
[03:24.84]Highwater everywhere