10000 Maniacs

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  • 10000 Maniacs Poison In The Well Lyrics

           

    [ music: dennis drew/words: natalie merchant ]



    Tell me what's gone wrong.
    I tilt my head there, under the faucet, but when i turn it on -- dry as paper.
    Call the neighbors.
    Who's to blame for what's going on?
    In the dark without a clue i'm just the same as you.

    O, they tell us there's poison in the well,
    That someone's been a bit untidy and there's been a small spill.
    Not a lot, no, just a drop.
    But there you are mistaken, you know you are.
    I wonder just how long they knew our well was poisoned but they let us just drink on.

    O, they tell us there's poison in the well,
    That someone's been a bit untidy and there's been a small spill.
    All that it amounts to is a tear in a salted sea.
    Someone's been a bit untidy, they'll have it cleaned up in a week.
    But the week is over and now it's grown into years since i was told that i should be calm, there's nothing to fear here.
    But i drank that water for years, my wife and my children.

    Tell me, where to now, if your fight for a bearable life can be fought and lost in you backyard?

    O, don't tell us there's poison in the well,
    That someone's been a bit untidy, that there's been a small spill.
    All that it amounts to is a tear in a salted sea.
    Someone's been a bit untidy, they'll have it cleaned up in a week.

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