Don't Go Near The Water Lyrics - Boom Chicka Boom - Johnny Cash

From the fountains in the mountains 

Comes the water running cool and clear and blue 

And it comes 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 gray 

It's poisoned and polluted 

By the people as it goes along its way 

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 

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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 him" 

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" 

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 

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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