Pode parecer despropositada uma referência à canção "When the Levee Breaks", de Memphis Minnie, mas trata-se de um blues pungente sobre a ameaça de catástrofe, bem como sobre a solidão do ser humano perante os problemas, sejam eles exteriores ou íntimos.

If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break
And the water gonna come in, have no place to stay

Well all last night I sat on the levee and moan
Thinkin' 'bout my baby and my happy home
If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break
And all these people have no place to stay

Now look here mama what am I to do
I ain't got nobody to tell my troubles to
I works on the levee mama both night and day
I ain't got nobody, keep the water away

Oh cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do no good
When the levee breaks, mama, you got to lose
I works on the levee, mama both night and day
I works so hard, to keep the water away

I had a woman, she wouldn't do for me
I'm goin' back to my used to be
I's a mean old levee, cause me to weep and moan
Gonna leave my baby, and my happy home

Podemos ouvir aqui uma gravação de 1929, com Memphis Minnie na guitarra e a voz do seu companheiro "Kansas" Joe McCoy, ambos da região do Delta do Mississippi. Em 1971 os Led Zeppelin também gravaram uma versão de When the Levee Breaks. Links das músicas: http://www.archive.org/download/Kansas_Joe_Memphis_Minnie-When_Levee_Breaks/Kansas_Joe_and_Memphis_Minnie-When_the_Levee_Breaks.mp3 http://www.drummerworld.com/Sound/JohnBonham_When.mp3