Build a levee lyrics

Artist  : Natalie merchant 
Song : Build a levee
 

When I was just a little girl my mamma said to me
"Beware of the the devil my child in the
dark rocky places he`ll keep. 
Beware of the devil my child. Beware of his
charming ways. 
You`ll fall under a spell just looking at his
beautiful face. 
You gotta build yourself a levee deep
inside." 

"Don`t go walking by the riverside alone in
the pale moonlight. 
He`ll come up upon you girl with no earthly body
in sight
Come up on you girl and and he`ll whisper
something sweet 
Then take you where the waters rise so high and
run so deep." 

"You gotta build yourself a levee deep
inside. 
Gotta build yourself a levee deep inside. 
Build yourself a levee girl when the waters run
high." 

Now when I was just a little girl my mamma said
to me
"Beware of the the devil my child but if by
chance you should meet
Beware his cold dark eyes full of bold and unholy
deceit. 
He`ll tempt you with a whirling pool of lies 
And promises he`ll deny or that he will never
keep." 

"You gotta build yourself a levee deep
inside. 
Build yourself a levee deep inside. 
Build yourself a levee girl when the waters run
high."