A Tree Falling in the Forest

Over the weekend, my wife and I saw a report on a cable news network about the levees in New Orleans. Typical "year after" report on the levee repair. Probably about 3-4 minutes long.

But the producer of the piece was being a little too clever. Throughout the entire piece, even during interviews and narration, Led Zepplin's "When the Levee Breaks" was playing in the background.

In case you are not familiar with the song... here are the lyrics...

If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break, [X2]
When The Levee Breaks I'll have no place to stay.

Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan, [X2]
Got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home,
Oh, well, oh, well, oh, well.

Don't it make you feel bad
When you're tryin' to find your way home,
You don't know which way to go?
If you're goin' down South
They go no work to do,
If you don't know about Chicago.

Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good,
Now, cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good,
When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move.

All last night sat on the levee and moaned, [X2]
Thinkin' about me baby and my happy home.
Going, going to Chicago... Going to Chicago... Sorry but I can't take you...
Going down... going down now... going down....

Wiki has some interesting history on the song that adds context to the lyrics.