The rain came and the levee
broke.
Our little farm to the landfill!
No one sighed and no one spoke.
Our little farm to the landfill!
No one sighed and no one spoke.
A character in an orange cloak
tried to rob an empty till.
Then the rain came and the levee broke.
tried to rob an empty till.
Then the rain came and the levee broke.
All would vanish at a stroke—
levee, catfish, corn still—
but no one sighed and no one spoke.
levee, catfish, corn still—
but no one sighed and no one spoke.
Soon nothing but a busted yoke,
the bar moaned like a windmill
til the rain came and the levee broke.
the bar moaned like a windmill
til the rain came and the levee broke.
Then didn’t the whole river
shake?
trees, rafts, steamboat, knife-kill—
no one left to sigh or speak.
Just me, Huck, and some other
folks,trees, rafts, steamboat, knife-kill—
no one left to sigh or speak.
waiting for the next big drill.
No one sighed and no one spoke
when the rain came and the levee broke.
No one sighed and no one spoke
when the rain came and the levee broke.
