Don't Drink the Water

May I give you some good advice

May save your life one day

Before you take pleasure

You should think twice

Or else you have to pay

You can drink French champagne

'til the night is gone but

Don't drink the water

In this world you can have all you want

But don't drink the water

Lying on the sand on the Jersey shore

Opened up my eyes

They say life is a beach

But I'm not so sure

It made me realize

You can sit in the sun

And watch your skin burn

But you can't swim in the water

There's garbage on a barge

And it's in your front yard

And you can't swim in the water

I may stumble

I may fall

Won't you please pick me up

Or at least give me a call

And if I get a thirst

A thirst that could kill

Pour me a glass

Of cool clear water

Up in the highlands of beautiful green

It's a drinkers paradise

Overhead fighters make sounds so obscene

I swear up at the skies

After Chernobyl

I drink Scotch that's old

But I don't drink the water

You can sit by the stream until you get cold

But don't drink the water

I may wander

I may stray too far

I may often stumble from the whisky in the jar

But I no longer hide my face or try to run away

It's time to join the human race

And make the bastards pay

May I give you some good advice

May save your life one day

Before you take pleasure

You should think twice

Or else you have to pay

You can drink French champagne

'til the night is gone but

Don't drink the water

In this world you can have all you want

But don't drink the water

But don't drink the water

But don't drink the water