[1m] I went out late one [^b3] night
The [^b7] moon and the stars were shining [^b6] bright
Storm come up and the [^b7] trees come [^b3] down
[^b7] Tell you boys I was water-[1m]-bound

Waterbound on a stranger's shore
River rising to my door
Carried my home to the field below
A-waterbound nowhere to go

Carved my name on an old barn wall
No one to know I was there at all
Stable's dry on a winter night
You turn your head you can see the light

Black cat crawling on an old boxcar
It's a rusty door and a falling star
Ain't got a dime in my nation's sack
I'm waterbound and I can't get back

It's all gone and it won't be back
Don't believe me count my tracks
The river's long and the river's wide
I'll meet you boys on the other side

So say my name and don't forget
The water still ain't got me yet
Nothing but I'm bound to roam
Waterbound and I can't get home