10,000 Maniacs - Poison In The Well Lyrics

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.