Poison In The Well
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โฑ๏ธ 4:21 duration
๐ ID: 20426636
๐ 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.
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.
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:07.72] (Music: Dennis Drew/words: Natalie Merchant)
[00:13.62] Tell me what's gone wrong.
[00:19.65] I tilt my head there, under the faucet, but when I turn it on -- dry as paper.
[00:29.62] Call the neighbors.
[00:33.76] Who's to blame for what's going on?
[00:39.90] In the dark without a clue I'm just the same as you.
[00:46.79] O, they tell us there's poison in the well,
[00:52.55] That someone's been a bit untidy and there's been a small spill.
[01:02.38] Not a lot, no, just a drop.
[01:09.59] But there you are mistaken, you know you are.
[01:15.35] I wonder just how long they knew our well was poisoned but they let us just drink on.
[01:28.74] O, they tell us there's poison in the well,
[01:34.74] That someone's been a bit untidy and there's been a small spill.
[01:42.44] All that it amounts to is a tear in a salted sea.
[01:47.34] Someone's been a bit untidy, they'll have it cleaned up in a week.
[01:55.28] 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.
[02:11.65] But I drank that water for years, my wife and my children.
[02:19.92] Tell me, where to now, if your fight for a bearable life can be fought and lost in you backyard?
[02:33.67] O, don't tell us there's poison in the well,
[02:39.62] That someone's been a bit untidy, that there's been a small spill.
[02:47.22] All that it amounts to is a tear in a salted sea.
[02:52.24] Someone's been a bit untidy, they'll have it cleaned up in a week.
[03:00.26]
[00:13.62] Tell me what's gone wrong.
[00:19.65] I tilt my head there, under the faucet, but when I turn it on -- dry as paper.
[00:29.62] Call the neighbors.
[00:33.76] Who's to blame for what's going on?
[00:39.90] In the dark without a clue I'm just the same as you.
[00:46.79] O, they tell us there's poison in the well,
[00:52.55] That someone's been a bit untidy and there's been a small spill.
[01:02.38] Not a lot, no, just a drop.
[01:09.59] But there you are mistaken, you know you are.
[01:15.35] I wonder just how long they knew our well was poisoned but they let us just drink on.
[01:28.74] O, they tell us there's poison in the well,
[01:34.74] That someone's been a bit untidy and there's been a small spill.
[01:42.44] All that it amounts to is a tear in a salted sea.
[01:47.34] Someone's been a bit untidy, they'll have it cleaned up in a week.
[01:55.28] 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.
[02:11.65] But I drank that water for years, my wife and my children.
[02:19.92] Tell me, where to now, if your fight for a bearable life can be fought and lost in you backyard?
[02:33.67] O, don't tell us there's poison in the well,
[02:39.62] That someone's been a bit untidy, that there's been a small spill.
[02:47.22] All that it amounts to is a tear in a salted sea.
[02:52.24] Someone's been a bit untidy, they'll have it cleaned up in a week.
[03:00.26]