Released: November 17, 1971
Songwriter: Bob Dylan
Producer: Bob Dylan The Band
[Verse 1]
Crash on the levee, mama
Water's going to overflow
Swamp's going to rise
No boat's going to row
Now, you can train on down
To Williams Point
You can bust your feet
You can rock this joint
[Chorus]
But oh mama, ain't you going to miss your best friend now?
You're going to have to find yourself
Another best friend, somehow
[Verse 2]
Now, don't you try an' move me
You're just going to lose
There's a crash on the levee
And, mama, you've been refused
Well, it's sugar for sugar
And salt for salt
If you go down in the flood
It's going to be your own fault
[Chorus]
Oh mama, ain't you going to miss your best friend now?
You're going to have to find yourself
Another best friend, somehow
[Verse 3]
Well, that high tide's rising
Mama, don't you let me down
Pack up your suitcase
Mama, don't you make a sound
Now, it's king for king
Queen for queen
It's going to be the meanest flood
That anybody's seen
[Chorus]
Oh mama, ain't you going to miss your best friend now?
Yes, you're going to have to find yourself
Another best friend, somehow
Crash on the levee, mama
Water's going to overflow
Swamp's going to rise
No boat's going to row
Now, you can train on down
To Williams Point
You can bust your feet
You can rock this joint
[Chorus]
But oh mama, ain't you going to miss your best friend now?
You're going to have to find yourself
Another best friend, somehow
[Verse 2]
Now, don't you try an' move me
You're just going to lose
There's a crash on the levee
And, mama, you've been refused
Well, it's sugar for sugar
And salt for salt
If you go down in the flood
It's going to be your own fault
[Chorus]
Oh mama, ain't you going to miss your best friend now?
You're going to have to find yourself
Another best friend, somehow
[Verse 3]
Well, that high tide's rising
Mama, don't you let me down
Pack up your suitcase
Mama, don't you make a sound
Now, it's king for king
Queen for queen
It's going to be the meanest flood
That anybody's seen
[Chorus]
Oh mama, ain't you going to miss your best friend now?
Yes, you're going to have to find yourself
Another best friend, somehow
more tracks from the album
The Basement Tapes
- Tears of Rage
- Tiny Montgomery
- Don’t Ya Tell Henry
- Nothing Was Delivered
- Open the Door, Homer
- This Wheel’s on Fire
- Orange Juice Blues (Blues for Breakfast)
- Katie’s Been Gone
- Yazoo Street Scandal
- Bessie Smith
- Long Distance Operator
- Ain’t No More Cane
- Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread
- You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
- Crash on the Levee (Down in the Flood)
- Odds and Ends
- Million Dollar Bash
- Goin’ to Acapulco
- Lo and Behold!
- Clothes Line Saga
- Apple Suckling Tree
- Please, Mrs. Henry
- Too Much of Nothing
- Ruben Remus
From the album
- The Basement Tapes (1975)
Bob Dylan & The Band popular songs
- You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
- This Wheel’s on Fire
- Tears of Rage
- Katie’s Been Gone
- Yazoo Street Scandal
- Orange Juice Blues (Blues for Breakfast)
- Bessie Smith
- Long Distance Operator
- Ruben Remus
- Crash on the Levee (Down in the Flood)
- Odds and Ends
- Million Dollar Bash
- Goin’ to Acapulco
- Lo and Behold!
- Clothes Line Saga
- Apple Suckling Tree
- Please, Mrs. Henry
- Too Much of Nothing
- Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread
- Ain’t No More Cane
- Tiny Montgomery
- Don’t Ya Tell Henry
- Nothing Was Delivered
- Open the Door, Homer