If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break When the levee breaks I'll have no place to stay
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan, moan yeah Lord, mean old levee taught me to weep and moan It's got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home Oh well, oh well, oh well, ahh, ooh-ooh
Don't it make you feel bad When you're tryin' to find your way home You don't know which way to go If you're goin' down South They got no work to do If you goin' on to Chicago
Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good Now, cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move, whoo-hoo
All last night sat on the levee and moaned All last night sat on the levee and moaned Thinkin' 'bout my baby and my happy home, oh ohh-oh
Going, go'n' to Chicago Go'n' to Chicago Sorry but I can't take you Going down, going down now Going down, going down now Going down, going down Going down, going down
Going down, going down now Going down, going down now Going down, going down now Going down, going down down down down, down now, whoo-ooh whoo-ooh