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If it keep on raining, the levee's gonna break |
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If it keep on raining, the levee's gonna break |
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Everybody saying this is a day only the Lord could make |
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Well, I worked on the levee, mama, both night and day |
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I worked on the levee, mama, both night and day |
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I got to the river and I threw my clothes away |
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I paid my time and now I'm good as new, |
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I paid my time and now I'm as good as new. |
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They can't take me back unless I want them to |
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If it keep on raining, the levee's gonna break |
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If it keep on raining, the levee's gonna break |
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Some of these people gonna strip you of all they can take |
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I can't stop here I ain't ready to unload |
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I can't stop here I ain't ready to unload |
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Riches and salvation can be waiting behind the next bend in the road |
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I picked you up from the gutter and this is the thanks I get |
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I picked you up from the gutter and this is the thanks I get |
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You say you want me to quit you, I told you, 'No, not just yet.' |
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Well, I look in your eyes, I see nobody other than me |
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I look in your eyes, I see nobody other than me |
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I see all that I am and all I hope to be |
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If it keep on raining, the levee's gonna break |
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If it keep on raining, the levee's gonna break |
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Some of these people don't know which road to take |
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When I'm with you, I forget I was ever blue |
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When I'm with you, I forget I was ever blue |
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Without you there's no meaning in anything I do |
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Some people on the road carrying everything that they own |
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Some people on the road carrying everything they own |
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Some people got barely enough skin to cover their bones |
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Put on your cat clothes, mama, put on your evening dress |
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Put on your cat clothes, mama, put on your evening dress |
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Few more years of hard work, then there'll be a 1,000 years of happiness |
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If it keep on raining, the levee gonna break |
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If it keep on raining, the levee's gonna break |
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I tried to get you to love me, but I won't repeat that mistake |
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If it keep on raining, the levee's gonna break |
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If it keep on raining, the levee's gonna break |
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Plenty of cheap stuff out there and still around that you take |
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I woke up this morning, butter and eggs in my bed |
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I woke up this morning, butter and eggs in my bed |
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I ain't got enough room to even raise my head. |
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Come back, baby, say we never more will part |
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Come back, baby, say we never more will part |
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Don't be a stranger with no brain or heart |
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If it keep on raining, the levee's gonna break. |