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
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
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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
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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
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
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Going, go'n' to Chicago
Go'n' to Chicago
Go'n' to Chicago
Going down, going down now
Going down, going down now
Going down, going down now
Going down