If it keeps on rainin' levee's goin' to break All last night sat on the levee and moaned, Going down, going down now, going down going down now, going down When the levee breaks I'll have no place to stay. Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan Lord

My little light out of nowhere girl Where you been all my life? Where you been trying to hide? It's like you come Come from another world Fell right out of the sky And landed right here tonight Do you wanna dance with me? Anywhere you gotta be?

Keep moving your heels on the floor Let the bartender pour you up another round Tip the cover band, find another hand To dance and call him your rebound Another late night love, another last call crush With the neon shining down Girl, this time around,

I'm not here for your entertainment You don't really wanna mess with me tonight Just stop and take a second I was fine before you walked into my life Cause you know it's over, before it began Keep your drink, just give me the money It's just you and your

On the day the wall came down They threw the locks onto the ground And with glasses as high we raised a cry for freedom had arrived The Ship of Fools had finally run aground Promises lit up the night like paper doves in flight I dreamed you had left my

But maybe you'll be there Each time I see a crowd of people Just like a fool I stop and stare It's really not the proper thing to do I go out walking after midnight Along the lonely thoroughfare It's not the time or place To look for you You said your

How many nights does it take to count the stars? That's the time it would take to fix my heart Oh, baby, I was there for you All I ever wanted was the truth, yeah, yeah How many nights have you wished someone would stay? Lay awake only hoping they're

I hear them calling for you In the middle of the night when the wolves come out They head straight for your heart Like a bullet in the dark One by one, I take them down We can run and hide, ain't goin' down without a fight They come straight for your

Waiting to wake up one day and find That I let all these years go by Oh, I don't wanna keep on wishing, missing The still of the morning, the color of the night I ain't spending no more time Oh, I don't wanna spend my life jaded Standing at the back door

Beer before liquor, yeah you've never been sicker Just down home boys staying up all night Cops were pretty quick, yeah, but we were always quicker Burning up the road 'til the tank ran dry Whoa, yeah, whoa, yeah Hand me down guitar, handful of friends