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