When the Levee Breaks
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There are probably references to the great song from Led Zeppelin with the same name as in the title and the hurricanes in the US. I thought the lyrics are so poignant. According to Wikipedia, this song was originally written by a couple in Memphis in 1929 after the great flood of Mississippi in 1927. I have only heard the Zep version.
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 got 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….
yeah… the song kept ringing in my head when i read about Katrina.
i had also heard only the Zep version… Recently Kfog played a slower,
live version from Robert Plant with his new band.
Yes, i always loved LZ amongst many others and have all their albums. But i’m still aware of the superficiality of the perspectives from whence emerged the lyrics. If you took the music out and just read the lyrics, the term ‘profound’ wouldn’t come to mind. ‘Bangs & Whistles’ do much in amplifying value and beguiles the unconscious listener into associating this value with the content of the essential part of the experience. i.e. lyrics.