The Genius of Led Zeppelin
If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break,
If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break,
When the levee breaks I'll have no place to stay.
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan,
Lord, mean old levee taught me to weep and moan,
Got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home,
Oh, well, oh, well, oh, well.
Don't it make you feel bad
When you're tryin' to find your way home,
You don't know which way to go?
If you're goin' down south
They go no work to do,
If you don't know about chicago.
Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good,
Now, cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good,
When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move.
All last night sat on the levee and moaned,
All last night sat on the levee and moaned,
Thinkin' 'bout me baby and my happy home.
Going, go'n' to chicago,
Go'n' to chicago
,Sorry but I can't take you.
Going down, going down now, going down.
2 Comments:
This post struck me as particularly weird. As for where genius should be attributed. This song & lyrics were penned ages ago by a black blues singer named Memphis Minnie - coincidently a Louisiana native. This one of several genius tunes that Led Zeppelin borrowed.
The genius is finding those gems to begin with. Under your terms, Elvis was not the King of Rock and Roll, and the Beatles ripped-off Little Richard.
You'd probably DQ the Rolling Stones and rip Natalie Cole for stealing from her father.
Jeesh. Memphis Minnie? Good research, I 'spose.
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