Backwater

<br>( parfitt / lancaster )<br><br><br><br>Down at backwater junction<br><br>Rolling down the line<br><br>In the dark early morning<br><br>I heard the one-forty-nine<br><br>I was walking down the highway<br><br>Needed somewhere to go<br><br>A lady laid beside me<br><br>And she invited me home<br><br>She led me cold, tired and hungry<br><br>Down the backwater road<br><br><br><br>In a house on the corner<br><br>Looking over the track<br><br>I woke up with a fever<br><br>And a pain in my back<br><br>She was lying there beside me<br><br>My fever started to grow<br><br>Had a funny feeling<br><br>But the lady said no<br><br>The lover needs a doctor<br><br>Down the backwater road<br><br><br><br>Whatcha lookin for<br><br>Whatcha lookin for<br><br>Lady do you know whatcha lookin for<br><br>Was I wrong to play along<br><br>Lady was I right or lady was I wrong<br><br><br><br>Backwater doctor<br><br>Youve got me breathing in time<br><br>Its ten-thirty in the morning<br><br>And Im feeling alright<br><br>I went back to my lady<br><br>But I wasnt to know<br><br>Lady left this morning<br><br>And shes not coming home<br><br>I was cold when she left me<br><br>Down the backwater road