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

Oh, well, oh, well, oh, well

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 go no work to do

If you don't know about Chicago

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 got to move

All last night sat on the levee and moaned,

All last night sat on the levee and moaned,

Thinkin' about me 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