If it keeps on rainin', levee's going to break
If it keeps on rainin', levee's going to break
When the levee breaks, I'll have no place to stay
That mean old levee taught me to weep and moan
That mean old levee taught me to weep and moan
'Cause when the levee breaks, it take my happy home
Oh well, oh well
Don't it make you feel bad
When you're tryin' to find your way home
And you don't know which way to go?
If you're goin' down south
You know what to do
You gotta go to Chicago
Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good
Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good
'Cause when the levee breaks, baby, you got to move
Late last night I sat on the levee and moaned
All last night I sat on the levee and moaned
When the levee breaks, baby, I gotta go
Oh well, oh well, oh well
Oh well
Ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Hey hey yeah, oh baby
Got to go
When the levee breaks
When the levee breaks
Goin', goin'
Going down, Chicago
Far as Chicago
Far as Chicago
Going down, going down
Going down, going down
Going down, going down
Going down, going down, hey
Oh baby, got to go
Hometown Chicago