If it keeps on rainin'
levee's gonna break
If it keeps on rainin'
levee's gonna break
When the levee breaks
I'll have no place to stay
Mean old levee
taught me to weep
and moan
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
Don't it make you feel
bad when you're tryna
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're going north
to Chicago
Aah aah aaah
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' about my baby
and my happy home
oh-oh
Aah aah aaah
Aah aah aaah
Oooh oooh
Going
Going to Chicago
Going 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, down,
down, down, down
down, down ooh woh