You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside
My mama said to me
Build yourself a levee girl
Full of bold and unholy deceit
He'll tempt you with a whirling pool of lies
Beware of the devil my child
Don't go walking by the riverside
Beware of his cold dark eyes
But if by chance you should meet
Come up upon you girl
Now when I was just a little girl
You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside
He'll come upon you girl
With no earthy body in sight
Alone in the pale moonlight
You'll fall under an evil spell
Or that he'll never keep
Beware of the devil my child
Beware of the devil my child
In the dark rocky places he'll keep
Gotta build yourself a levee deep inside
Just looking at his beautiful face
And he'll whisper something sweet, then take you
Build yourself a levee deep inside
And promises he'll deny
Where the waters rise so high and run so deep
When the waters run high
Beware of his charming ways
You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside
You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside
