Leave Me Praying (don't Drink The Water) Lyrics - Dave Matthews Band

Oh man, excitement, oh that we call it 

Oh a child's gonna lie on the line and we go over 

Oh proud and strong, we're cuttin' down our babies and mothers 

And leave them to die while we plant our grain and call it home 

Oh I swear this life we're leadin' leaves me crazy 

Still I should call it a home 

Take this sword, I said it was stolen, plan to love it like no other 

Oh my grand-father's saying "Oh man you charge 

You chagewhen the trumpet calls 

And blow on your flute and pound on your drum, it calls" 

No mother and no child could resist this pounding 

And drive on to the west, we will plant, we will grow, yeah 

Oh wait and see my heart is bleeding 

Still I should call it home 

And teach my babies, my son and my daughter, to blow this place 

And share it with no one, yeah 

Oh press hard and shout in our drunken pounding 

And I'll plant my wheat, I will hold my land dear 

I will protect my ones, I will protect my golden 

And I'll stand up on top and scream that I own it 

But what of the spirits that lie in the soil 

Then should I call it up out 

And then I will tell my son and my daughters to hold it so dear 

And share it with all, yeah 

And then I will tell my sons and my daughters to hold it dear 

And share it with everyone 

This land is your land, this land is my land 

From California to the New York Islands 

From the red wood forests to the cold stream waters 

This land was made for you and me 

*random scatting* 

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