Backwater Blues

Be kind to me
 Ain't got nobody, ain't got no one to look after me
 I didn't choose this life, but it chose me
 The more the tide rolls in, time rolls away from me
 On a river bank
 Ain't never taken anything that don't belong to me
 But when she decides to return, she'll take everything she sees
 A copperhead might strike you dead before you've seen anything
 Oh, mama, seems like the water's been ten feet high
 And I just don't understand why it makes me cry
 If I can keep it together 'til the spring
 When that damn river runs dry
 I'll count my blessings, just like the stars
 That are in the sky
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 When it all comes down
 I'll be here to clean up and claim my ground
 You wouldn't know Mother Nature's power if she never made a sound
 I can't be too proud, she got me cryin' out loud
 Oh, mama, seems like the water's been ten feet high
 And I just don't understand why it makes me cry
 If I can keep it together 'til the spring
 When that damn river runs dry
 I'll count my blessings, just like the stars
 That are in the sky
 I'll count my blessings, just like the stars
 That are in the sky