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Blues Lyrics - Jonny Lang
The Levee
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by Kevin Bowe
recording of 1998
from
Wander This World (A&M 540984)
I have been to Memphis but I couldn't find no peace
My soul is feeling restless and I need some relief
I'm heading for the Delta, see what I can find
I know the river holds the answers
that'll ease my worried mind
Take me down to the levee
where the women sing
Lay me down like an angel with a broken wing
Take me down to the levee where the river flows,
gon' throw my blues off the levee and let them go
Well, I have been to Natchez, been down to Baton Rouge,
but the Delta keeps on callin' me no matter what I do
Chorus
I'm drivin' through the darkness, down Highway 61,
heading for the crossroads like the ones before me done
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Note 1: origin: from the old French word levée, act of raising, from lever to raise. An embankment for preventing flooding, or a river landing place, also, a continuous dike or ridge (as of earth) for confining the irrigation areas of land to be flooded. A levee camp therefore is a work camp for building or improving dikes to prevent rivers from flooding the land, primarily in the
Mississippi Delta
area.
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