Lyrics Poison In the Well.lrc 10,000 Maniacs
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[ar: 10,000 Maniacs]
[al: Campfire Songs]
[ti: Poison In The Well]
[length: 03:09]
[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]Year of Release: 1989