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, going´ to Chicago
Going´ 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