Lyrics Don't Go Near The Water

From the fountains in the mountains comes the water
Running cool and clear and blue
And it comes down from the hills and it goes
Down to the towns and passes through
When it gets down to the cities
Then the water turns into a dirty grey
It's poisoned and poluted by the people
As it goes along its way

Don't go near the water children
See the fish all dead upon the shore
Don't go near the water
Cause the water isn't water anymore

I took my boy fishin' to my old favorite fishin' hole
I had caught many a fish out of that deep clear water
From the time I was a boy like him
After we'd fished a few minutes he said did you get a bite yet daddy
I said I think I got a nibble son
Me too he said
Then he said daddy if we catch a fish can we eat him
I said well there was a time son
This water's bad now and it might not be safe to eat the fish but there was a time

There was a time the air was clean
And you could see forever cross the plains
The wind was sweet as honey
And no one had ever heard of acid rain
We're torturin' the earth and pourin' every kind of evil in the sea
We violated nature and our children have to pay the penalty

Don't go near the water children
See the fish all dead upon the shore
Don't go near the water
Cause the water isn't water anymore