Johnny Cash - Don't Go Near The Water Lyrics
From the fountains in the mountainsComes the water running cool and clear and blueAnd it comes down from the hillsAnd it goes down to the towns and passes throughWhen it gets down to the citiesThen the water turns into a dirty grayIt's poisoned and pollutedBy the people as it goes along its wayDon't go near the water childrenSee the fish all dead upon the shoreDon't go near the water'Cause the water isn't water anymoreI took my boy fishin' to my old favorite fishin' holeI had caught many a fish out of that deep clear waterFrom the time I was a boy like himAfter we'd fished a few minutesHe said, "Did you get a bite yet daddy?"I said, "I think I got a nibble son""Me too", he saidThen he said, "Daddy if we catch a fish can we eat him"I said, "Well there was a time sonThis water's bad now and I might not be safe to eat the fishBut there was a time"There was a time the air was cleanAnd you could see forever 'cross the plainsThe wind was sweet as honeyAnd no one had ever heard of acid rainWe're torturin' the earthAnd pourin' every kind of evil in the seaWe violated natureAnd our children have to pay the penaltyDon't go near the water childrenSee the fish all dead upon the shoreDon't go near the water'Cause the water isn't water anymoreDon't go near the water childrenSee the fish all dead upon the shoreDon't go near the water'Cause the water isn't water anymore
