Don’t Drink the Water

Something got in the river, well they, they find the source Just last evening they ain't heard no more I want some answers 'fore I'm leaving here today Don't drink the water, boy No matter what they say Oh, but the man on the stand ain't said nothing And he keeps talking, oh, just keeps talking Lord, won't you look at them guilty eyes Don't drink the water Something just ain't right With these sons of bitches, well, it's always something Land around us, it's all been poisoned No way to say it, we in a sorry state Don't drink the water, boy No, it just ain't safe They started blasting and that, that brung the dust They skinned the mountains, here come the floods Now nobody sleeps, nobody sleeps on a rainy night Don't drink the water, boys No, don't believe their lies 'Cause up and down this valley, every town you see They're all dealing with the same damn thing Somebody tell me, where do we go from here? Don't drink the water No, don't you dare Now folks getting sick, talking women and children Ask the man on the stand what he thinks killed 'em Say act of God, all act of God Say don't drink the water, son It's been an act of God So that man on the stand, well, he's still talking No one's listening, everybody's watching I swear, he just might not make it home tonight If I hear him say "Don't drink the water" Just one more time I said, don't drink the water Don't drink the water