May I give you some good advice
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May save your life one day
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Before you take pleasure
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You should think twice
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Or else you have to pay
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You can drink French champagne
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’til the night is gone but
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Don’t drink the water
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In this world you can have all you want
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But don’t drink the water
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Lying on the sand on the Jersey shore
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Opened up my eyes
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They say life is a beach
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But I’m not so sure
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It made me realize
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You can sit in the sun
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And watch your skin burn
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But you can’t swim in the water
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There’s garbage on a barge
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And it’s in your front yard
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And you can’t swim in the water
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I may stumble
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I may fall
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Won’t you please pick me up
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Or at least give me a call
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And if I get a thirst
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A thirst that could kill
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Pour me a glass
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Of cool clear water
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Up in the highlands of beautiful green
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It’s a drinkers paradise
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Overhead fighters make sounds so obscene
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I swear up at the skies
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After Chernobyl
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I drink Scotch that’s old
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But I don’t drink the water
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You can sit by the stream until you get cold
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But don’t drink the water
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I may wander
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I may stray too far
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I may often stumble from the whisky in the jar
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But I no longer hide my face or try to run away
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It’s time to join the human race
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And make the bastards pay
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May I give you some good advice
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May save your life one day
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Before you take pleasure
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You should think twice
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Or else you have to pay
|
|
You can drink French champagne
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’til the night is gone but
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Don’t drink the water
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In this world you can have all you want
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But don’t drink the water
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But don’t drink the water
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But don’t drink the water
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Don't Drink The Water
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| Colin Hay |
