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IGf it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
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ICf it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
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EDverybody saying this is a dCay only the Lord could mGake
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WGell I worked on the levee Mama both night and day
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WCell I worked on the levee Mama both night and day
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ID got to the river and I thrCew my clothes awGay
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IG paid my time and now I'm as good as new
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IC paid my time and now I'm as good as new
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TDhey can't take me back noCt unless I want them tGo
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IGf it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
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IGf it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
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SDome of these people gonnaC strip you of all they can tGake
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IG can't stop here I ain't ready to unload
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IC can't stop here I ain't ready to unload
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RDiches and salvation can be waiting behind the Cnext bend in the roGad
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IG picked you up from the gutter and this is the thanks I get
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IC picked you up from the gutter and this is the thanks I geGt
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YDou say you want me to quit yCa I told you no not just Gyet
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IG look in your eyes I see nobody else but me
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IC look in your eyes I see nobody other than mGe
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ID see all that I am and alCl I hope to bGe
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IGf it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
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ICf it keep on rainin' the levee gonna breGak
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SDome of these people don't kCnow which road to take G
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WGhen I'm with you I forget I was ever blue
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WChen I'm with you I forget I was ever bGlue
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WDithout you there's no meaCning in anything I dGo
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SGome people on the road carrying everything that they own
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SCome people on the road carrying everything that they oGwn
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SDome people got barely enough skin toC cover their bonesG
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PGut on your cat clothes Mama put on your evening dress
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PCut on your cat clothes Mama put on your evening drGess
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AD few more years of hard work tChen there'll be a thousand years of haGppiness
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IGf it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
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ICf it keep on rainin' the levee gonna breGak
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ID tried to get you to love mCe but I won't repeat thGat mistake
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IG woke up this morning butter and eggs in my bed
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IC woke up this morning butter and eggs in my bed
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ID ain't got enough room to eCven raise my head G
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CGome back baby say we never more will part
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CCome back baby say we never more will pGart
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DDon't be a stranger without Ca brain or heartG
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IGf it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
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ICf it keep on rainin' the levee gonna bGreak
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SDome people still sleepin' Csome people are wide awaGke
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