Build A Levee-Natalie Merchant

[ti:Build A Levee] [ar:Natalie Merchant] [al:Retrospective 1990-2005 (Ltd. Deluxe Version)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Build A Levee (Remastered LP Version) - Natalie Merchant [00:21.14]When I was just a little girl my mamma said to me [00:27.41] [00:30.45]＂beware of the devil my child [00:33.17]In the dark rocky places he'll keep [00:37.11] [00:39.89]Beware of the devil my child [00:42.23]Beware of his charming ways [00:45.83] [00:49.33]You'll fall under an evil spell [00:51.55]Just looking at his beautiful face [00:56.02] [00:58.00]You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside [01:01.55] [01:07.13]You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside [01:11.15] [01:16.11]＂don't go walking by the riverside [01:19.38]Alone in the pale moonlight [01:22.76] [01:25.82]He'll come up upon you girl [01:28.41]With no earthy body in sight [01:32.94] [01:35.22]Come up upon you girl [01:37.73]And he'll whisper something sweet [01:41.08] [01:44.13]Then take you where the waters rise [01:47.03]So high and run so deep ＂ [01:53.55]＂you gotta build yourself a levee deep inside [01:58.98] [02:02.61]Gotta build yourself a levee deep inside [02:06.77] [02:12.24]Build yourself a levee girl when the waters run high＂ [02:21.80] [02:30.94]Now when I was just a little girl [02:33.27] [02:35.34]My mamma said to me [02:37.40] [02:39.96]＂beware of the devil my child [02:43.04]But if by chance you should meet [02:47.71] [02:49.70]Beware of his cold dark eyes [02:51.98]Full of bold and unholy deceit [02:54.19] [02:58.56]He'll tempt you with a whirling [03:00.61]Pool of lies and promises [03:04.36]He'll deny or that he will never keep＂ [03:14.85]＂you gotta build yourself a levee deep inside [03:18.08] [03:24.27]Gotta build yourself a levee deep inside [03:27.72] [03:33.29]You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside [03:37.36] [03:42.86]Build yourself a levee girl when the waters run high＂