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.
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.
O, they tell us there's poison in the well,
That someone's been a bit untidy and there's been a small spill.
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 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.
Tell me, where to now, if your fight for a bearable life can be fought
And lost in you backyard?
O, they tell us there's poison in the well,
That someone's been a bit untidy and there's been a small spill.
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.
