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When The Levee Breaks feat. John Paul Jones | Playing For Change | Song Around The World
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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Playing for Change
Playing for Change
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jimmy Page
Jimmy Page
Songwriter
John Bonham
John Bonham
Songwriter
John Paul Jones
John Paul Jones
Songwriter
Memphis Minnie
Memphis Minnie
Songwriter
Robert Plant
Robert Plant
Songwriter
Joseph "Kansas Joe" McCoy
Joseph "Kansas Joe" McCoy
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Lyrics

Ah...
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
It's got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home
Oh Yeah
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 got no work to do
If you're going down to Chicago
A-ah, a-ah, a-ah, a-ah
A-ah, a-ah, a-ah
Cryin' won't help you, prayin' 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
All last night sat on the levee and moaned
All last night sat on the levee and moaned
Thinkin' 'bout my baby and my happy home
Ah-oh
Ah ...
A-ah, a-ah, a-ah, a-ah
A-ah, a-ah, a-ah, a-ah
I'm goin' to Chicago
Sorry, but I can't take you, ahhh
Goin' down, goin' down now
Goin' down
Written by: Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Memphis Minnie, Robert Plant

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