When the Levee Breaks

Now, 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

You got to move

You got to move

Now, all last night, I sat on the levee and moaned

All last night, I sat on the levee and moaned

Thinkin' 'bout my baby and my happy home, oh-yo

Oh Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord

Oh Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord

If it keeps on rainin', Lord, levee gon' break

If it keeps on rainin', Lord, levee gon' break

When the levee breaks, I'll have no words to say

Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan

Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan

It's got what it takes to make a mountain woman leave her home

Oh well, oh well, oh well

Oh Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord

Oh Lord, oh Lord, Lord

Don't it make you feel bad

When you're tryin' to find your way home

And ya don't know which way to go?

If you're goin' down south, then you'll know what to do

If you're going down to Chicago