GIVE ME THE WATER

Once or twice he came out
When he did he got hit
Now he never ventures to fall
He never comes out at all
This strength comes only once, I said
Ride it hard through the night
Here now at the bottom of things
Tell the truth with a lie and so he said:

Give me the water, the water
Won’t you give me the water, the water
Give me the water, the water
Give me water

I went the alien ways
Slithering like the smoke
Threw myself into the deep end
Not caring if I awoke
Something carried me down
As it carried me back
Dreams, I saw, are wiser than men
And as I dreamed I saw again
That the rain that cut these stones
That molded mountains high
Took a pledge in the afterglow
Signing it with a rainbow
And far beyond the darkening sea
All that’s lost will return to me

Give me the water, the water
Won’t you give me the water, the water?
Give me the water, the water
Give me water

My candle burns at both ends
It will not last the night
But oh, my foes, and, oh, my good friends
It gives a wonderful light
Twirling from this hook
So deep in my heart
At the water’s edge I am released
That I may see it all again
How the rain that cut these stones
That molded mountains high
Took a pledge in the afterglow
Signing it with a rainbow
And far beyond the darkening sea
All that’s lost comes back to me

Give me (oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
Won’t you give me the water, the water
Give me (oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
Won’t you give me the water
Give me (do-da-do-da-day)
Give me (do-da-do-da-day)
Give me (do-da-do-da-day)
Give me water
Water, water, water, water
Hey-hey!

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When words leave off, music begins.

GIVE ME THE WATER