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  

Lord  mean old levee taught me to weep and moan  

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, 

All last night sat on the levee and moaned, 

Thinkin' 'bout me 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

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

Going d-d-d-d-down 

Woo woo