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Highwater (for Charlie Patton) |
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Highwater risin', rising night and day |
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All the gold and silver are being stolen away |
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Big joe turner looking east and west from the dark room of his mind |
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He made it to kansas city, twelfth street and vine |
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Nothin' standing there |
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Highwater everywhere |
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Highwater rising the shacks are sliding down |
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Folks lose their possessions, the folks are leaving town |
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Reformation shook it, broke it, then she hung it on the wall |
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Say you dancin' with whom they tell you to or you don't dance at all |
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It's tough out there |
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Highwater everywhere |
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I got a craven love for blazin' speed |
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I got a hopped up mustang ford |
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Jump into the wagon, love |
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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, i hope you treat me kind |
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Things are breakin' up out there |
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Highwater everywhere |
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Highwater rising, six inches above my head |
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Coffins droppin' in the street like balloons made out of lead |
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Water poured into vicksburg, don't know what i'm gonna do |
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Don't reach out for me, she said, can't you see i'm drowning too |
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It's rough out there |
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Highwater everywhere |
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Well, george lewes told the englishman, the italian and the jew |
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You can't open up your mind, boys, to every conceivable point of view |
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They got charles darwin trapped out there on highway 5 |
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Judge says to the high sheriff, i want them dead or alive |
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Either one, i don't care |
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Highwater everywhere |
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Well, the cuckoo is a pretty bird, she warbles as she flies |
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I'm preachin' the word of god, i'm puttin' out your eyes |
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I asked fat nancy for someth'n' to eat, she said take it off the shelf |
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As great as you are man, you'll never be greater than yourself |
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I told her i didn't really care |
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Highwater everywhere |
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I get up in the mornin', i believe i'll dust my broom |
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Keepin' away from the women, i'm givin' them lots of room |
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Thunder rollin' over clarksdale, everythin' a-lookin' blue |
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I just can't be happy, love, unless you're happy too |
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It's bad out there |
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Highwater everywhere |
