When the Levee Breaks

If it keeps on rainin', the levee's gonna break

If it keeps on rainin', the levee's gonna break

When the levee breaks, I'll have no place to stay

Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan

I said, the 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

Yeah-yeah

Listen, don't it make you feel bad

To find you way home

You don't know which way to go?

If you're goin' down south

Got no work to do

You got nowhere to go

Listen, 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 just got to move

All last night, I sat on the levee and moaned

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

Writin' 'bout my baby and my bayou home

Goin', goin', just

Goin' down, down

Goin' down