Poison in the Well

Poison in the Well - 10,000 Maniacs

Written by：Dennis Drew/Merchant Natalie/Peter Asher

Tell me

What's gone wrong

I tilt my head there under the faucet

When I turn it on

Dry as paper

Call the neighbors

Who's to blame for what's going on

In the dark without a clue I'm just the same as you

O 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

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

O they tell us there's poison in the well

That someone's been a bit untidy

And 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

And now it's grown 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 your backyard

O 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

That someone's been a bit untidy

They'll have it cleaned up in a week