10000 Maniacs - Poison In The Well (Blind Man's Zoo)
[ music: Dennis Drew/words: Natalie Merchant ]
Tell me what's gone wrong.
I tilt my head there, under the faucet, but 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.
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.
Tell me, where to now, if your fight for a bearable life can be fought and lost in you 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.
All that it amounts to is a tear in a salted sea.
Someone's been a bit untidy, they'll have it cleaned up in a week.
10,000 Maniacs - Poison In The Well (1989) New Haven, CT (03:00)
10000Maniacs The Palace Theatre New Haven, Connecticut, USA December 5th, 1989 1. Trouble Me 2. City
Of Angels 3. Can't Ignore The Train 4. Cherry Tree 5. You Happy Puppet 6. Gun Shy 7. Poison In The
Well 8. Among The Americans 9. Dust Bowl 10. Eat For Two 11. Headstrong 12. A Campfire Song 13. Like
The Weather 14. Hey Jack Kerouac 15. What's The Matter Here? 16. The Tea Song 17. The Counting Song
18. My Sister Rose 19. The Lion's Share 20. The Painted Desert 21. Don't Talk 22. Hateful Hate ...
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