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