Kelsey Waldon - Backwater Blues lyrics

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 10 feet high
And I just don't understand why
It makes me cry
If I can keep it together until the spring
When that damn river runs dry
I'll count my blessings, just like the stars
That are in the sky

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's got me cryin' out loud

Oh, mama
Seems like the water's been 10 feet high
And I just don't understand why
It makes me cry
If I can keep it together until 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