If it keeps on rainin', Levee is gonna to break If it keeps on rainin', Levee is gonna 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 It's got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home Oh, well, oh, well, oh, well Don't it make you feel bad When you're trying to find your way home You don't know which way to go? If you're going down South They got no work to do If you don't know about Chicago 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