Song lyrics High water for charley patton by Bob Dylan

High water risinī - risinī night and day
All the gold and silver are being stolen away
Big Joe Turner lookinī East and West
From the dark room of his mind
He made it to Kansas City
Twelfth Street and Vine
Nothing standing there
High water everywhere

High water risinī, the shacks are slidinī down
Folks lose their possessions - folks are leaving town
Bertha Mason shook it - broke it
Then she hung it on a wall
Says, "Youīre dancinī with whom they tell you to
Or you donīt dance at all."
Itīs tough out there
High water everywhere

I got a cravinī love for blazing speed
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
Iīm no pig without a wig
I hope you treat me kind
Things are breakinī up out there
High water everywhere

High water risinī, six inches ībove my head
Coffins droppinī in the street
Like balloons made out of lead
Water pourinī into Vicksburg, donīt know what Iīm going to do
"Donīt reach out for me," she said
"Canīt you see Iīm drowninī too?"
Itīs rough out there
High water everywhere

Well, George Lewis told the Englishman, the Italian and the Jew
"You canīt open your mind, boys
To every conceivable point of view."
They got Charles Darwin trapped out there on Highway Five
Judge says to the High Sheriff,
"I want him dead or alive
Either one, I donīt care."
High Water everywhere

The Cuckoo is a pretty bird, she warbles as she flies
Iīm preachinī the Word of God
Iīm puttinī out your eyes
I asked Fat Nancy for something to eat, she said, "Take it off the shelf -
As great as you are a man,
Youīll never be greater than yourself."
I told her I didnīt really care
High water everywhere

Iīm gettingī up in the morning - I believe Iīll dust my broom
Keeping away from the women
Iīm givinī īem lots of room
Thunder rolling over Clarksdale, everything is looking blue
I just canīt be happy, love
Unless youīre happy too
Itīs bad out there
High water everywhere