Blood and water
bound to overflow
Blood and water
bound to overflow
Well there's no more high water
But the Old Man's just waiting
I know
He was sent up on the levee
Now they've gone up country
They won't do nothing
for you now
And don't go asking me
They've gone
It's all over here
Sometimes I'd see
her passing
With the evening coming on
I've seen you on her pathway
I've seen you at dawn
Look over yonder at
that empty shack
You know as well as I do
They ain't coming back
They're gone
It's all over here
Blood and water
bound to overflow
Blood and water
bound to overflow
Well there's no more high water
But the Old Man's just waiting
I know
So many promises
We broke them every one
Kept people on the levees
With sherrifs and shotguns
They're gone
It's all over here
Look over yonder at
that empty shack
You know as well as I do
They ain't coming back
They're gone
It's all over here
Blood and water
bound to overflow
Blood and water
bound to overflow
Well there's no more high water
No more high water
There's no more high water
But the Old Man's just waiting
I kno