10,000 Maniacs Poison In The Well Lyrics

Tell me what's gone wrong.
I tilt my head there, under the faucet,
But when I turn it on -- dry as paper.
Called a neighbor.
Who's to blame for what's going on?
In the dark without a clue I'm just the same as you.

Oh, 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.

Oh, they tell us there's poison in the well,
That someone's been a bit untidy
That there's been a small spill.
And all that it amounts to is a tear in a salted sea.
That someone's been a bit untidy,
They'll have it cleaned up in a week.
But the week is over, now it's growing 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.

So tell me, where to now?
If your fight for a bearable life
Can be fought and lost in you backyard?

Oh, don't tell us there's poison in the well,
That someone's been a bit untidy,
That there's been a small spill.
And 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.

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