Broken Level Blues

Broken Level Blues - Lonnie Johnson

Written by：Lonnie Johnson

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