Letra de Five Feet High And Rising (Live At The Paramount Theatre, NJ/1990)
How high's the water, mama? Two feet high and risin' How high's the water, papa? She said it's two feet high and risin'We can make it to the road in a homemade boat That's the only thing we got left that'll float It's already over all the wheat and the oats Two feet high and risin'How high's the water, mama? Three feet high and risin' How high's the water, papa? She said it's three feet high and risin'Well, the hives are gone, I've lost my bees The chickens are sleepin' in the willow trees Cow's in water up past her knees Three feet high and risin'How high's the water, mama? Four feet high and risin' How high's the water, papa? She said it's four feet high and risin'Hey, come look through the window pane The bus is comin', gonna take us to the train Looks like we'll be blessed with a little more rain Four feet high and risin'How high's the water, mama? Five feet high and risin' How high's the water, papa? She said it's five feet high and risin'Well, the rails are washed out north of town We gotta head for higher ground We can't come back 'til the water comes down Five feet high and risin' Well, it's five feet high and risin'My mother always said if you look for it, if you're committed to the Lord That there's a blessing that will always come in times of adversity Well I couldn't see it, you know, a blessing in the flood That ran us out of our home for two weeks But we came back from the hills and the blessing was there alright The land was covered with rich black ol' river dirts And daddy planted the cotton crop And the cotton grew taller that next year than ever before And everything good happened that pickin' time If anything good was gonna happen And that year we had a great pickin' time