Something got in the river, well they, they find the source

Just last evening they ain't heard no more

I want some answers 'fore I'm leaving here today

Don't drink the water, boy

No matter what they say

Oh, but the man on the stand ain't said nothing

And he keeps talking, oh, just keeps talking

Lord, won't you look at them guilty eyes

Don't drink the water

Something just ain't right

With these sons of bitches, well, it's always something

Land around us, it's all been poisoned

No way to say it, we in a sorry state

Don't drink the water, boy

No, it just ain't safe

They started blasting and that, that brung the dust

They skinned the mountains, here come the floods

Now nobody sleeps, nobody sleeps on a rainy night

Don't drink the water, boys

No, don't believe their lies

'Cause up and down this valley, every town you see

They're all dealing with the same damn thing

Somebody tell me, where do we go from here?

Don't drink the water

No, don't you dare

Now folks getting sick, talking women and children

Ask the man on the stand what he thinks killed 'em

Say act of God, all act of God

Say don't drink the water, son

It's been an act of God

So that man on the stand, well, he's still talking

No one's listening, everybody's watching

I swear, he just might not make it home tonight

If I hear him say "Don't drink the water"

Just one more time

I said, don't drink the water

Don't drink the water