Build a Levee
Natalie Merchant"Build a Levee" is a song by Natalie Merchant, released in 2006 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:42 long and contains 31 lines and 230 words.
Lyrics
0:08Songs Title：build a levee
0:21When I was just a little girl my mamma said to me
0:30＂beware of the devil my child
0:33In the dark rocky places he'll keep
0:39Beware of the devil my child
0:42Beware of his charming ways
0:48You'll fall under an evil spell
0:51Just looking at his beautiful face
0:57You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside
1:06You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside
1:11＂don't go walking by the riverside
1:19Alone in the pale moonlight
1:25He'll come up upon you girl
1:28With no earthy body in sight
1:34Come up upon you girl
1:37And he'll whisper something sweet
1:43Then take you where the waters rise
1:46So high and run so deep ＂
1:51＂you gotta build yourself a levee deep inside
2:02Gotta build yourself a levee deep inside
2:12Build yourself a levee girl when the waters run high＂
2:30Now when I was just a little girl my mamma said to me
2:40＂beware of the devil my child
2:42But if by chance you should meet
2:49Beware of his cold dark eyes full of bold and unholy deceit
2:58He'll tempt you with a whirling pool of lies and promises
3:04He'll deny or that he will never keep＂
3:09＂you gotta build yourself a levee deep inside
3:23Gotta build yourself a levee deep inside
3:32You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside
3:42Build yourself a levee girl when the waters run high＂
Songs Title：build a levee When I was just a little girl my mamma said to me ＂beware of the devil my child In the dark rocky places he'll keep Beware of the devil my child Beware of his charming ways You'll fall under an evil spell Just looking at his beautiful face You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside ＂don't go walking by the riverside Alone in the pale moonlight He'll come up upon you girl With no earthy body in sight Come up upon you girl And he'll whisper something sweet Then take you where the waters rise So high and run so deep ＂ ＂you gotta build yourself a levee deep inside Gotta build yourself a levee deep inside Build yourself a levee girl when the waters run high＂ Now when I was just a little girl my mamma said to me ＂beware of the devil my child But if by chance you should meet Beware of his cold dark eyes full of bold and unholy deceit He'll tempt you with a whirling pool of lies and promises He'll deny or that he will never keep＂ ＂you gotta build yourself a levee deep inside Gotta build yourself a levee deep inside You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside Build yourself a levee girl when the waters run high＂
Translation
Select a language to see the translated lyrics.