It rained five days   The sky has turned black as night   Oh, it rained five days   And the sky has turned black as night   And there?s trouble takin? place   Way down in the lowlands tonight      I woke up this mornin?   And I couldn?t get out of my front door   I woke up this mornin?   And I couldn?t get out of my front door   It was so much trouble   Make a poor man wonder where he wanna go      They rowed a little boat   About five miles ?cross the pond   They rowed a little boat   About five miles ?cross the pond   I packed up all of my things and threw ?em in   Boys and the boat rowed along      I climbed up on the high lonely hill   Oh, I climbed up on the high oh, lonely hill   And I looked down at the house   Baby, where I used to live      Backwater blues caused me   To pack my things and go   The backwater blues caused me   To pack my things and go   ?Cause my house fell down   And I can?t live there no more      Yeah, when it?s thunderin' and lightnin'   And the rain begin to pour   When it?s thunderin' and lightnin'   And the wind begin to blow   There are so many poor people   That didn?t have no place to go