I'm gonna drown, drown in those troubled waters They're creepin' round my soul They're way beyond control And they'll wash my sins away before the mornin' They say I'm one of the devil's daughters They look at me with scorn I'll never hear that horn I'll be underneath the water Judgment mornin' What Lord am I to blame Must I hang my head in shame If people go round scandalisin' my name Oh I'm gonna drown in those troubled waters They're creepin' round my soul They're way beyond my control And they'll wash my sins away before the morn' What Lord am I to blame Must I hang my head in shame If people go round scandalisin' my name Oh I'm gonna drown in those troubled waters They're creepin' round my soul They're way beyond my control And they'll wash my sins away before the morn'