Lyric Don t Drink The Water

Don t Drink The WaterSong Number: ?First Played: Recording Of B.T.C.S.Appears On:Before These Crowded StreetsThis song is about the repression of other cultures so that the repressor can somehow gain something that belonged to the repressed.* essed.* This song mainly deals with the Native American repression of the early U.S.**************************************************Come out, come out, no use in hiding. Come out, come out, can you not see There s no place here, what were you expecting? No room for both, just room for me. So you will lay your arms down, Yes, I will call this home. Away, away, you have been banished. Your land is gone, and given to me. And here I will spread my wings. Yes, I will call this home. What s this you say, you feel a right to remain? Then stay and I will bury you. What s that you say, your father s spirit still lives in this place? Well, I will silence you. Here s the hitch, your horse is leaving. Don t miss your boat, it s leaving now. And as you go I will spread my wings. Yes, I will call this home. I have no time to justify to you, Fool, you re blind, move aside for me. All I can say to you my new neighbor, You must move on or I will bury you. Now as I rest my feet by this fire Those hands once warmed here, but I have retired them. I can breathe my own air and I can sleep more soundly Upon these poor souls, I ll build Heaven and call it home. Cause you re all dead now. I live with my justice And I live with my greed in me I live with no mercy And I live with my frenzied feet I live with my hatred And I live with my jealousy I live with the notion that I don t need anyone but me Don t Drink the Water Don t Drink the Water Blood in the water Don t Drink the Water