Floating in the lower nine

Waiting for a boat to throw me a line

See my Stella smileSitting on a roof eating alligator pie

First day the water rise

Second day the sun is high

Third day Stella cries

Cause night time′s dark as a dead man's eyes

Lord

Tell me when help is gonna come

Stella said, "Daddy when you gonna put me in a song?"

Daddy when you gonna put me in a song?"

Daddy when you gonna put me in a song?"

Storm went right on by

Thanked the Lord everybody′s alright

Don't mean to throw off a second line

But the devil broke the levee and left us here to die

Stella said, "Daddy when you gonna put me in a song?"

Daddy when you gonna put me in a song?"

Daddy when you gonna put me in a song?"

Need a dance hall to get y'all down

Need a dance hall to get y′all down

All the things we know and

Everything we hope for

All the things we wanted

Everything that was sure

Now there is a scar where

The old men used to be

The corner store and market

Where Stella used to sing to me

Grace is all I′m asking

When will grace return?

Grace is all I'm asking

Remember how it feels

Lazy days in the summertime

Then my Stella smiled

Stella said, "Daddy when you gonna put me in a song?"

Stella said, "Daddy, when you gonna put me in a song?"

Stella said "Daddy, when you gonna put me in a song?"

"Daddy, when you gonna put me in a song?"

Tell me, Lord, when help is gonna come

"Daddy, when you gonna put me in a song?"