Story Behind The Song
This was a goal of our project, to have one old-school Pops Staples-style gospel on the Beale St. CD. We asked the Pastors from the two churches Chainsaw plays at on Sunday iif they would participate, and to our surprise, they agreed. We spent the bette
Song Description
An acoustic spiritual calling on sinners to repent and "get yourself ready" for the afterlife, which can happen any time, like a terrible flood.
| Song Length |
5:16 |
Genre |
Folk - Religious, Blues - General |
| Tempo |
Multiple Tempos |
Lead Vocal |
Mixed Vocals |
| Mood |
Composed, Troubled |
Subject |
Spirituality, Spirituality |
| Similar Artists |
Sounds Of Blackness |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1940 - 1949 |
| |
Lyrics
THE FLOOD
Whole lotta rain gotta fall
Before the river flows to your door
You'll sail an ocean full of tears
All by yourself in mortal fear
Of final days
Whole lotta tears gotta flow
Before a man humbles to the Lord
When you die you're gonna wait
In mortal fear at Heaven's Gate
Till your soul is clear
(chorus)
Will you be ready when the levee breaks?
When the wates start risin' will you know your fate?
When your body is taken in the wake of the flood
Will your soul be rinsed in the Savior's blood?
Whole lotta prisons got no walls
But only sinners walk through that door
They lock themselves into their fate
And in that cell they're gonna wait
Forevermore
Whole lotta angels gotta fall
To show us mortals the error of our ways
When a sinner sees the light
His soul's a beacon shining bright
Through clouds of gray
(chorus )
Will you be ready when the levee breaks?
When the wates start risin' will you know your fate?
When your body is taken in the wake of the flood
Will your soul be rinsed in the Savior's blood?
Get yourself ready...get yourself ready
Never can know...never can know
When the levee will break
©2005, Steve Pasek