If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break (X2)
When the levee breaks I'll have no place to stay

Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan (X2)
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 (X2)
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