If it keeps on rainin`, levee`s goin` to break, (X2)
When The Levee Breaks I`ll have no place to stay.
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan, (X2)
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 tryin` to find your way home,
You don`t know which way to go?
If you`re goin` down South
They go no work to do,
If you don`t know about 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.
All last night sat on the levee and moaned, (X2)
Thinkin` about me baby and my happy home.
Going, going to Chicago... Going to Chicago... Sorry but I can`t take you...
Going down... going down now... going down....