If it keeps on raining, levee's goin' to break
If it keeps on raining, 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.
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.
A-ah, a-ah, a-ah
Cryin' won't help you, praying won't do you no good
No, cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good
When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move, ooh
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. Ah-oh
Ah ha ah ha ah ha ha ha
Ah ha ah ha ah ha ha ha
Goin' I'm goin' to Chicago
Goin' to Chicago
Goin' to Chicago
Sorry, but I can't take you, ahhh
Goin' down, goin' down now
(repeat and fade out)