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ghanima81
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From: Maine
Registered: Apr 2009

posted October 12, 2004 07:52 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for ghanima81     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
This little diddy just reminded me of someone.... not sure why... :rollseyes:
Enjoy!


Don't Drink the Water

Don't drink the water here...

Come out, come out, no use in hiding.
Come now, come now, 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 greedy need
I live with no mercy
And I live with my frenzied feeding
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

-Dave Matthews

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Harpyr
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From: Alaska
Registered: Jun 2010

posted October 12, 2004 12:04 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Harpyr     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
woah.. I really like this song but I've never seen the lyrics all written out like that.. I never really knew what the song was about till now..

It strikes me as being about the conquest of America.. I'm reading "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" right now.. It's breaking my heart..

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ghanima81
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From: Maine
Registered: Apr 2009

posted October 12, 2004 08:30 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ghanima81     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Ahh, Harpyr,

I thought you might be the only person who would appreciate this song, or any of the others for that matter. I knew I always loved this song, and today I realized why... and in my opinion, you are right.... it's just one of those things that can only be spoken in song....

Peace and love to you sister,

Ghani

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