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 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
Going down, now
Going down