High and dry in the long hot day, Lost and lonely in every way

Got the flats all around me, sky up above, Yes, I need a little water of love

I've been too long lonely and my heart feels pain, Crying out for some soothing rain

I believe I've taken enough, I need a little water of love

Water of love deep in the ground, but there aint no water here to be found

Some day baby when the river runs free, It's gonna carry that water of love to me

There's a bird up in a tree, sitting up high, Just a-waitin' for me to die

If I don't get some water soon, I'll be dead and gone in the afternoon

Once I had a woman I could call my own, Once I had a woman now my woman is gone

Once there was a river now there's a stone, You know it's evil when you're living alone