I spent three days on an anthill in the sun Drinking Zulu Beer, sweating blood and tears Trying to get this Sickness out of me Now each drop brings me one step closer To the end of my sweet short life Will someone please call my wife, And tell her that Blackwater Fever is in my eyes, Blackwater Fever is telling me lies.
How I miss the Russian Winter Nights black as death, watching trails of breath, Praying this one won’t be your last Now I can’t even feel the cold And I’m praying for my mortal soul Will someone please call my brother And tell him that Blackwater Fever is in my bones Blackwater fever won’t leave me a lone
Because I’m so cold, so cold So cold in my bones Feeling so old, so old Blackwater fever won’t leave me alone
Working on this river many years Sweating blood and tears Trading hope for fear Trying to forge this business into stone Now I feel it’s going to fall apart And that would only break my heart Would someone please call my father And tell him that Blackwater Fever is tearing me up Someone please fill my cup Blackwater Fever’s Killing me Maybe some Zulu Beer’s gonna set me Free