Don't Go Near the Water Lyrics
(Johnny Cash)
© '74 Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP
From the fountains in the mountains comes the water, running cool and clear and blue
And it flows 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 polluted by the people, as it flows along its way
Don't go near the water, children, see the fish all dead upon the shore
Don't go near the water, water isn't water anymore
I took my boy fishin' to my old favourite 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, 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
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
