Highwater - For Charlie Patton Lyrics - Love And Theft - 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 dance with whom they tell you to or you don't dance at all 

It's tough out there 

Highwater everywhere 

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I got a cravin' 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 

Coffin's dropping in the street like balloons made out of clay 

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 

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Well, George Lewis 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 him 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