| [00:01.06] | Highwater (for Charlie Patton) |
| [00:04.94] | |
| [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 |
| [00:39.35] | |
| [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 |
| [01:07.26] | |
| [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 |
| [01:37.01] | |
| [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 |
| [02:06.54] | |
| [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 |
| [02:30.60] | |
| [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 |
| [02:59.56] | |
| [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 |
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