Levee s goin to break, to keep the water away
oh cryin won t help you
I s a mean old levee, keep the water away
if it keeps on rainin
If it keeps on rainin, prayin won t do no good
and the water gonna come in
Thinkin bout my baby and my happy home, i ain t got nobody, when the levee breaks
If it keeps on rainin, to keep the water away
you got to lose
i had a woman
i works on the levee
If it keeps on rainin, gonna leave my baby The, well all last night i sat on the levee and moan
if it keeps on rainin
I m goin back to my used to be, if it keeps on rainin
oh cryin won t help you
I s a mean old levee, oh cryin won t help you
She wouldn t do for me i had a woman, she wouldn t do for me i had a woman, and the water gonna come in
levee s goin to break
Levee s goin to break, when the levee breaks
to keep the water away
I ain t got nobody, keep the water away, and all these people have no place to stay
Well all last night i sat on the levee and moan, well all last night i sat on the levee and moan
Well all last night i sat on the levee and moan, gonna leave my baby
i works on the levee
I m goin back to my used to be, i works on the levee, levee s goin to break
If it keeps on raining, if it keeps on raining
The levee's going to break, the levee's going to break
If it keeps on raining, if it keeps on raining
The levee's going to break, the levee's going to break
If it keeps on raining, the levee's going to break
[Chorus]
When the levee breaks, when the levee breaks
When the levee breaks, you'll have no place to stay
[Verse 2]
We don't matter, we don't matter
Taught me how to weep and moan
Taught me how to weep and moan
We don't matter
Taught me how to weep and moan
[Chorus]
When the levee breaks, when the levee breaks
When the levee breaks, you'll have no place to stay
[Verse 3]
All last night, all last night
I sat on the levee and moan (Oh, crying won't help you)
I sat on the levee and moan
Praying won't do you no good (I sat on the levee and moan)
All last night
Oh, crying won't help you (I sat on the levee and moan)
Praying won't do you no good (I sat on the levee and moan)
[Chorus]
When the levee breaks, when the levee breaks
When the levee breaks, you'll have no place to stay
I love this version as much as Led Zeppelin's version. It was originally about the Mississippi River Flooding yet it can apply to so much more. This whole album is amazing.
reminds me of being on deployment, especially when we pulled into Dubai. this song is so special to me, I could go on and on. all good memories and what a good time making them.