Crash on the levee, mama

Water's gonna overflow

Swamp's gonna rise

And no boat's gonna row

You can train on down

To Williams Point

You can bust your feet

You can rock this joint

But oh mama, ain't you gonna miss your best friend now

You're gonna have to find yourself

Another best friend, somehow Now, don't you try an' move me

Mama you're just gonna lose

There's a crash on the levee

And, mama, you've been refused

Well, it's king for king

And it's Queen for queen

It's gonna be the meanest flood

That anybody's seen

Oh mama, ain't you gonna miss your best friend now

You're gonna have to find yourself

Another best friend, somehow Well, that high tide's risin'

Mama, don't you let me down

Pack up your suitcase

Mama, don't you make a sound

Well, it's sugar for sugar

And it's salt for salt

If you go down in the flood

It's gonna be your own fault

Oh mama, ain't you gonna miss your best friend now

You're gonna have to find yourself

Another best friend, somehow