Deep Water Blues

They say a black woman got steel for a spine
She'll carry your weight, she'll carry it fine
She'll think of you, 'fore she'll think of herself
She don't mind not being on the mind of nobody else
But I don't want to rescue you

From the deep water washing over my neighbors and
Deep water, I won't be your savior
Won't give you my life, to keep you alive
You gonna learn to swim or you will die tonight in

Deep water
Deep water

Now it's been too many times
I've been put in a place 
To have to wipe up a mess
A white man made
Like my grandmama did
And her mama did too
So, I'll be awful glad to get me clean of you

Let the water do, what water do
In the deep water washing over my neighbors and
Deep water, I won't be your savior
Won't give you my life, to keep you alive
You gonna learn to swim or you will die tonight in 

Deep water
Deep water

So when the water rises and the levees break
If you're looking for me that's your last mistake
I've packed my bag, I'm goner than gone
I fare thee well, that water deepened as it come
But I remember to say a prayer for you

In the deep water washing over my neighbors and
Deep water, I won't be your savior
Won't give you my life, to see you rise
You gonna learn to swim or you will drown tonight in

Deep water
Deep water
Deep water
Deep water
Deep water
Deep water