Johnny Cash - Dont Go Near The Water

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from the fountains in the mountains
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comes the water running cool and clear and blue .
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and it comes down from the hills
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and it goes down to the towns and passes through .

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when it gets down to the cities ,
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then the water turns into a dirty gray .
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it’s poisoned and polluted
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by the people as it goes along its way .

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don’t go near the water children ,
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see the fish all dead upon the shore .
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don’t go near the water ,
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cause the water isn’t water any – more .

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 it?”
i said : “well there was a time son .
this water’s bad now and i might not be safe to eat the fish , but there was a time . ”

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there was a time the air was clean
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and you could see forever cross the plains .
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the wind was sweet as honey
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and no one had ever heard of acid rain .

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we’re torturin’ the earth
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and pourin’ every kind of evil in the sea .
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we violated nature
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and our children have to pay the penal – ty .

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don’t go near the water children ,
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see the fish all dead upon the shore .
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don’t go near the water ,
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cause the water isn’t water any – more .

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don’t go near the water children ,
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see the fish all dead upon the shore .
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don’t go near the water ,
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cause the water isn’t water any – more .