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Don't Drink the Water
Justin Townes Earle
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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
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Don't drink the water, boy
No matter what they say
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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
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Don't drink the water
Something just ain't right
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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
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Don't drink the water, boy
No, it just ain't safe
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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
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Don't drink the water, boys
No, don't believe their lies
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'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?
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Don't drink the water
No, don't you dare
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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
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Say don't drink the water, son
It's been an act of God
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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
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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
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