Flood Water Blues Testo

It❝s been snowin❝ forty days and nights, lakes and rivers begin to freeze.
It❝s been snowin❝ forty days and nights, rivers and lakes begin to freeze.
Some places through my old hometown, water ❝s up above my knees.
Storm begin risin❝, and the sun begin sinking down.
Storm begin risin❝, the sun begin sinking down.
I says, ❝Mother and Dad, pack your trunk. We ain❝t safe here in this town.
When it lightnin❝ my mind gets frightened, my nerves begin weakenin❝ down.
When it lightnin❝ my mind gets frightened, my nerves begin weakenin❝ down.
And the shack where we was livin❝ begin movin❝ ❝round.
Women and children were screamin❝, sayin❝, ❝Mama why must we go?❝
Women and children were screamin❝, sayin❝, ❝Lord, where must we go?❝
❝The floodwater have broke the levees and we ain❝t safe here no more.❝
And begin cloud as dark as midnight, keep raining all the time.
I say, ❝Oh, I wonder why the sun don❝t ever shine?❝
And the way it keeps rainin❝ its drivin❝ me out my mind.