When The Levee Breaks – Led Zeppelin

If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break,
If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break,
When the levee breaks I'll have no place to stay.

Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan,
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan,
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're going North to 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,
All last night sat on the levee and moaned,
Thinkin' about my 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...


Un pur bijou musical. Cela faisait un moment que je n’étais pas tombé aussi amoureux d’une chanson. Alors si vous la possédez dans votre discothèque, écoutez-là (rien que pour me faire plaisir !… ;-). J’ai déniché la version London Philharmonic Orchestra sur le net, elle est presque aussi puissante. Le seul hic est l’absence des paroles.
Franchement, Stairway to Heaven, je la trouve bien fade et poussive à côté… Certains vont crier au blasphème, et je n’en ai cure.