Cool Water
Talking Heads"Cool Water" is a song by Talking Heads, released in 2001 in the Pop genre. The song is 4:49 long and contains 56 lines and 234 words.
Lyrics
0:37Day by day
0:41Whistle while you work
0:46Our backs are breaking
0:50Up from hollow earth
0:55From end to end
0:59The noise begins
1:03In the human battle stations
1:06And the big ones
1:09Coming in
1:12Work work work work
1:17Work till holes are filled
1:21Work work work work
1:26Bags of bone and skin
1:30Lovers hold hands
1:33Tossing their heads
1:35Tangled in hair
1:39Tied to earth
1:43With skin and glue
1:48But their skin is the same as yours
1:51Coming in for the world to see
1:53They can sit at the table too
1:55The same blood as you and me
2:07Speak very softly
2:11Hold my hand
2:16Someone is sleeping
2:20In my bed
2:25Priests pass by
2:29Worms crawl in
2:34One dreams to be
2:38One dream
2:40For all
2:43His skin is the same as yours
2:45Is he not made the same as you
2:47And some have fallen down
2:50Blood spilled on the ground
2:53Work work work
2:56Till his life is done
3:42The old man
3:47Is at our door
3:49And he's knocking
3:52Knocking
3:55As his neighbors weep
4:00Each day repeats
4:05Are we nothing in your
4:07Eyes someone answer
4:11Someone answer this
4:14Rusted garden gate
4:17Can barely even stand
4:23Their work is over now
4:26And rest will be at hand
4:31Is their skin not the same as yours
4:33Can they sit at the table to drink
4:36Cool water
4:40Cool water
4:44And his lungs are filled with rain
4:49And the waters rushing in
Day by day Whistle while you work Our backs are breaking Up from hollow earth From end to end The noise begins In the human battle stations And the big ones Coming in Work work work work Work till holes are filled Work work work work Bags of bone and skin Lovers hold hands Tossing their heads Tangled in hair Tied to earth With skin and glue But their skin is the same as yours Coming in for the world to see They can sit at the table too The same blood as you and me Speak very softly Hold my hand Someone is sleeping In my bed Priests pass by Worms crawl in One dreams to be One dream For all His skin is the same as yours Is he not made the same as you And some have fallen down Blood spilled on the ground Work work work Till his life is done The old man Is at our door And he's knocking Knocking As his neighbors weep Each day repeats Are we nothing in your Eyes someone answer Someone answer this Rusted garden gate Can barely even stand Their work is over now And rest will be at hand Is their skin not the same as yours Can they sit at the table to drink Cool water Cool water And his lungs are filled with rain And the waters rushing in
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