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High water 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, high water everywhere |
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High water 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, high water everywhere |
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I got a craven love for blazin' speed, I got a hopped up Mustang Ford |
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Jump into the wagon, love, 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, high water everywhere |
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High water 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, high water 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, high water 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 somethin' 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" high water 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, high water everywhere |