When The Levee Breaks Lyrics

When The Levee Breaks

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, 

Mean old levee taught
me to weep and moan, 

Got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his
home, 

Ooh yeah, ooh yeah, ooh yeah 



Don't they 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 

Then there's no work to do, 

And
you're going on to Chicago. 



Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do
you no good, 

Ooh, 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, 

I
said left my baby and my happy home. 

Going, go'n' to Chicago, 

Go'n' to
Chicago, 

Sorry but I can't take you. 

Going down, going down now, going
down. 



Don't they 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 

Then there's no work to do, 

And you're going on to Chicago.


To Chicago 

Going down, going down, going down