If it keeps on raining,
levee's going to break
If it keeps on raining,
the levee's going to break
Chorus:
When the levee breaks,
we'll have no place to stay
Mean old levee,
taught me to weep and moan, oh
Mean old levee,
taught me to weep and moan
Chorus:
It's got what it takes
to make a mountain man leave his home
Oh well, oh well, oh well
Ooh
Don't it make you feel bad
When you're trying 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 don't know about Chicago.
Ah, ah, ah, hey
Ay, yeah
Ay, yeah
Ay, yeah
Crying won't help you,
praying won't do you no good
No, crying won't help you,
praying won't do you no good
Chorus:
When the levee breaks, mama,
you got to move, ooh
All last night I sat on the levee and moaned
All last night, sat on the levee and moaned
Thinking about my baby and my happy home
Oh-ho
Ah, ah, ah, ah-ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah-ah
Oh, oh
Going
I'm going to Chicago
Going to Chicago
Sorry, but I can't take you, ah
Going down, going down now
Going down, I'm going down now
Going down, going down
Going down, going down
Oh
Going down, going down now
Going down, going down now
Going down, going down now
Going down, going, dow- dow- dow- dow- down now
Ooh, ooh