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If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break, |
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If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break, |
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When The Levee |
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Breaks I'll have no place to stay. |
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Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan, |
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Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan, |
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Got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home, |
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Ooh yeah, ooh yeah, ooh yeah |
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Don't they make you feel bad |
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When you're tryin' to find your way home, |
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You don't know which way to go |
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If you're goin' down |
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South Then there's no work to do, |
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And you're going on to |
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Chicago. Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good, |
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Ooh, cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good, |
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When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move. |
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All last night sat on the levee and moaned, |
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All last night sat on the levee and moaned, |
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I said left my baby and my happy home. |
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Going, go'n' to |
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Chicago, Go'n' to |
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Chicago, Sorry but |
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I can't take you. |
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Going down, going down now, going down. |
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Don't they make you feel bad |
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When you're tryin' to find your way home, |
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You don't know which way to go |
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If you're goin' down |
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South Then there's no work to do, |
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And you're going on to |
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Chicago. To |
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Chicago Going down, going down, going down |