If it keeps on rainin’, levees goin’ to break, If it keeps on rainin’, levees goin’ to break, When the levee breaks I’ll have no place to stay. Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan, Lord, 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 got no work to do, if you don’t know about Chicago. Cryin’ wont help you, prayin’ wont do you no good, Now, cryin wont help you, prayin’ wont 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, gone to Chicago, gone to Chicago, Sorry but I cant take you. Going down, going down now, going down…