10000 Maniacs - Poison In The Well Lyrics
[ music: dennis drew/words: natalie merchant ]Tell me whats gone wrong.I tilt my head there, under the faucet, but when I turn it on -- dry as paper.Call the neighbors.Whos to blame for whats going on?In the dark without a clue Im just the same as you.O, they tell us theres poison in the well,That someones been a bit untidy and theres 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 theres poison in the well,That someones been a bit untidy and theres been a small spill.All that it amounts to is a tear in a salted sea.Someones been a bit untidy, theyll have it cleaned up in a week.But the week is over and now its grown into years since I was told that I should be calm, theres 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, dont tell us theres poison in the well,That someones been a bit untidy, that theres been a small spill.All that it amounts to is a tear in a salted sea.Someones been a bit untidy, theyll have it cleaned up in a week.
