Words and music by bob dylan      Highwater risin', rising night and day   All the gold and silver are being stolen away   Big joe turner looking east and west from the dark room of his mind   He made it to kansas city, twelfth street and vine   Nothin' standing there   Highwater everywhere      Highwater rising the shacks are sliding down   Folks lose their possessions, the folks are leaving town   Reformation shook it, broke it, then she hung it on the wall   Say you dancin' with whom they tell you to or you don't dance at all   It's tough out there   Highwater everywhere      I got a craven love for blazin' speed   I got a hopped up mustang ford   Jump into the wagon, love   Throw your panties overboard   I can write you poems, make a strong man lose his mind   I'm no pig without a wig, I hope you treat me kind   Things are breakin' up out there   Highwater everywhere      Highwater rising, six inches above my head   Coffins droppin' in the street like balloons made out of lead   Water poured into vicksburg, don't know what I'm gonna do   Don't reach out for me, she said, can't you see I'm drowning too   It's rough out there   Highwater everywhere      Well, george lewes told the englishman, the italian and the jew   You can't open up your mind, boys, to every conceivable point of view   They got charles darwin trapped out there on highway 5   Judge says to the high sheriff, I want them dead or alive   Either one, I don't care   Highwater everywhere      Well, the cuckoo is a pretty bird, she warbles as she flies   I'm preachin' the word of god, I'm puttin' out your eyes   I asked fat nancy for someth'n' to eat, she said take it off the shelf   As great as you are man, you'll never be greater than yourself   I told her I didn't really care   Highwater everywhere      I get up in the mornin', I believe I'll dust my broom   Keepin' away from the women, I'm givin' them lots of room   Thunder rollin' over clarksdale, everythin' a-lookin' blue   I just can't be happy, love, unless you're happy too   It's bad out there   Highwater everywhere