Highwater Blues Alexander Wandrowsky Hey, you river, come and wash my feet! People said for fun Now, you river came and took the street You river made us run Highwater everywhere We got the highest water in town Highwater everywhere Got the highest all around What, you river, are you lookin' for? Upstairs, second floor? Don't come a-knockin' on my door Please, don't rise no more! * Back in August 2002, most parts of Dresden haven been under water during the highest flood ever seen by the river Elbe. As the flood came slowly nobody had a clue how high it would rise. Folks came to experience the imposant scenery by the river. Some were joking. A restaurant offered a  special "highwater menue"... In the evening the staff closed and put sandsacks on the door... You couldn't see that place any more next morning. My house was flood up to the second floor. Wrote the song just a few days after the flood has left the house, introduced it to my band BIG CHICKEN VILLAGE the same evening, having a gig in Görlitz. There we just let the one-track recorder roll.   alles-uke.de