Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Broken Level Blues, artist - Lonnie Johnson. Date of issue: 19.10.2020
Song language: English
Broken Level Blues |
| I wants to go back to Helena, the high waters got me bogged. |
| I wants to go back to Helena, the high waters got me bogged. |
| I woke up early this mornin', a water hole in my back yard. |
| They want me to work on the levee, I have to leave my home. |
| They want to work on the levee, that I have to leave my home. |
| I was so scared the levee might break out and I may drown. |
| The water was round my windows and backin' all up in my door. |
| The water was all up 'round my windows and backin' all up in my door. |
| I’d rather to leave my home 'cause I can’t live there no more. |
| The police run me all from Cairo, all through Arkansas. |
| The police run me all from Cairo, all through Arkansas. |
| And put me in jail, behind those cold iron bars. |
| The police say work, fight, or go to jail, I say I ain’t totin' no sack. |
| Police say work, fight, or go to jail, I say I ain’t totin' no sack. |
| And I ain’t buildin' no levee, the planks is on the ground and I ain’t drivin' |
| no nails. |