Crash on the levee, mama, water's gonna overflow Swamp's gonna rise, ain't no boat's a gonna row Now, you can train on down to Williams Point
You can bust your feet and you can rock this joint But, oh, mama, ain't you gonna miss your best, friend now? You're gonna have to find yourself another best friend somehow
Now, don't you try and move me, you're just gonna lose There's a crash on the levee and mama, you've been refused Well, it's sugar for sugar and it's salt for salt If you go down in the flood, it's gonna be your fault
But, oh, mama
Well that high tide's risin', mama, don't you let me down Pack up your suitcase, mama, don't you make a sound Now, it's King for King, it's Queen for Queen It's a gonna be the meanest flood that anybody's seen
But, oh, mama
You're gonna have to find yourself another best friend somehow