Trouble In The Waters Lyrics - John Wayne's Dream - Big Country

They took a southern working man and chained him to a car 

Claimed before the judge we didn't pull him very far 

Anyway, he looked at us with murder in his glance 

We want to make a bargain, and the plea is self defense 

Look mother trouble the waters 

We've lost our sons and daughters 

Blame religion, blame the family 

It had to be somebody 

Painless violence, daddy's silence 

Feed the glamour of drugs and guns 

Somebody tell me, you gotta 

Who threw the stone to trouble the waters 

They took a student farmer and they chained him to a post 

And sent their finest greetings with him to the holy ghost 

This is a place where men are men and we don't need his kind 

We know what he planned for us, we could read his filthy mind 

Look mother trouble the waters 

We've lost our sons and daughters 

Blame religion, blame the family 

It had to be somebody 

Painless violence, daddy's silence 

Feed the glamour of drugs and guns 

Somebody tell me, you gotta 

Who threw the stone to trouble the waters 

They took a box of rifles and they hauled them off to school 

Set up like a sniper in that movie that was cool 

Someone tripped the fire alarm and panic set about 

They looked upon their enemy and calmly took him out 

Look mother trouble the waters 

We've lost our sons and daughters 

Blame religion, blame the family 

It had to be somebody 

Painless violence, daddy's silence 

Feed the glamour of drugs and guns 

Somebody tell me, you gotta 

Who threw the stone to trouble the waters 

Look mother trouble the waters 

We've lost our sons and daughters 

Blame religion, blame the family 

It had to be somebody 

Painless violence, daddy's silence 

Feed the glamour of drugs and guns 

Somebody tell me, you gotta 

Who threw the stone to trouble the waters 

Who threw the stone that trouble the waters 

Who threw that stone 

Who threw the stone to trouble the waters 

Trouble the waters