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....
Если лить не перестанет - не сегодня-завтра плотина прорвется. [х2]
Если плотина прорвется - некуда мне будет деться...
Старуха-плотина научила меня слезам [х2].
Заставила сына гор уйти из дома...
О да, о да, о да.
Не правда ли, - до чего ж это печально,
Если ты потерял свой дом
И не знаешь, куда податься?
На Юг? -
На Юге и делать-то нечего,
Если ты у тебя нет знакомых в Чикаго...
Ни слезами, ни молитвами здесь не поможешь.
Теперь уже ничем не поможешь - ни слезами, ни молитвами...
Нет, сестренка - если плотина прорвется, придется убираться отсюда.
Всю ночь я сидел у плотины и вздыхал [х2],
Думая о своей семье, о том, что меня ждет...
В Чикаго... В Чикаго... Прости, но я не могу забрать тебя с собой...
Иду, иду, иду...
*Переработка классического блюза Мемфис Минни и Канзаса Джо МакКоя, посвященного Великому наводнению на Миссисипи в 1927 г.
If it keeps on rainin ', levee's goin' to break, [x2]
When is the levee breaks?
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan, [x2]
Got what it takes to leave it home,
Oh, well, oh, well, oh, well.
You feel bad
When you 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.
Going, going to Chicago ... Going to Chicago ... Sorry but I can't take you ...
Going down ... going down now ... going down ....
If the pouring does not stop - not today or tomorrow the dam will break. [x2]
If the dam breaks - I have nowhere to go ...
The old dam woman taught me tears [x2].
Forced the son of the mountains to leave home ...
Oh yes oh yes oh yes.
Isn't it true - how sad is that?
If you lost your home
And you do not know where to go?
South? -
In the South, and there is nothing to do,
If you have no acquaintances in Chicago ...
Neither tears nor prayers can help here.
Now you can’t help you with anything - neither tears, nor prayers ...
No, sis - if the dam breaks, you have to get out of here.
All night I sat by the dam and sighed [x2],
Thinking about my family, about what awaits me ...
In Chicago ... In Chicago ... Sorry, but I can't take you with me ...
Go, go, go ...
* Recycling of the classic Memphis Minnie and Kansas blues Joe McCoy, dedicated to the Great Mississippi Flood in 1927