Intro
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[Verse]
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If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
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If it keep on rainin' the levee 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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Well 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 as 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, not unless I want them to
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[Verse]
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If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
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If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
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Some of these people gonna strip you of all they can take
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[Instrumental]
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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 ya, I told you no, not just yet
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I look in your eyes, I see nobody else but 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 rainin' the levee gonna break
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If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
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Some of these people don't know which road to take
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[Verse]
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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 that they own
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Some people got barely enough skin to cover their bones
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[Verse]
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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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G few more years of hard work then there'll be a thousand years of happiness
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If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
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If it keep on rainin' the levee 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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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 without a brain or heart
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If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
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If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
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Some people still sleepin', some people are wide awake
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[Outro]
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