Water creepin' up my doorstep, high water over me, Water creepin' up my doorstep, high water over me, It's drownin' my old cotton rows and washin' my history. Levee broke at midnight, heard the holler through the rain, Levee broke at midnight, heard the holler through the rain, Great flood swallowin' sharecroppers, no one left to blame. High water, high water, everywhere I turn I see, High water, high water, everywhere I turn I see, Gotta find some higher ground before it takes the blues from me. I see my baby floatin' by on a broken cedar door… Lord, I call her name but she don't answer anymore… My slide guitar is cryin' where the river meets the shore… High water, high water, can't drown the song in me, High water, high water, can't drown the song in me, I'll build my house on music when the river lets me be…
