Dave Matthews Band - Don't Drink The Water
from the album "Before These Crowded Streets"
from the album "Loaded With Hits"
from the "Don't Drink The Water" single (radio edit)
Don't drink the water, hey
Come out, come out, no use in hiding
Come now, come now, can you not see
There's no place here, what were you expecting
No room for both, just room for me
So you will lay your arms down
Yes I will call this home
Away, away, you have been banished
Your land is gone and given me
And here I will spread my wings
Yes I will call this home
What's this you say
You feel a right to remain, then stay
And I will bury you
What's that you say
Your father's spirit still lives in this place
Well I will silence you
Here's the hitch, your horse is leaving
Don't miss your boat, it's leaving now
And as you go I will spread my wings
Yes I will call this home
Well I have no time to justify to you, fool you're blind to move aside for
me
All I can say to you my new neighbor is you must move on or I will bury you
Now as I rest my feet by this fire
Those hands once warmed here, well I have retired them
I can breathe my own air and I can sleep more soundly upon these poor souls
I'll build heaven and call it home
'Cause you're all dead now
And I live with my justice
And I live with my greedy need
Oh I live with no mercy
And I live with my frenzied feeding
AndI live with my hatred
And I live with my jealousy
Oh I live with the notion
That I don't need anyone but me
Don't drink the water
Don't drink the water
There's blood in the water
Don't drink the water
Don't drink the water
Don't drink the water
There's blood in the water
Don't drink the water
There's blood in the water