| Dirty |
| Murky |
| Confuse |
| Unclear |
| Obscure |
| Not clear |
| Obfuscate |
| Bluesman Waters |
| Caked with soil |
| Not at all clear |
| Roil, as the waters |
| Unclear, as meaning |
| Waters of the blues |
| Like post-rain shoes |
| Roiled up, as a river |
| Clouded with sediment |
| Rather less than lucid |
| Like dirt roads after rain |
| Like the Missouri River's waters |
| Like a dirt road after a rainstorm |