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