Take This Dirty Water Lyrics - The Diving Board [deluxe W/ Exclusive Vintage Troubadour Poster] - Elton John

Spare the rod don't spare the fool 

If you take the breaks you're given 

You get to make the rules 

Take a chance and make it fast 

If you break some bones on landing 

You know you're built to last 

Fight the tide and find the shore 

If the gift horse isn't smiling 

Just learn to ride some more 

Common sense is a rule of thumb 

If the suckers throw a red flag 

Blow 'em all to Kingdom Come 

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And take this dirty water 

Running like a river 

In and out of everything 

We helped to put together 

Take this dirty water 

Help to keep it clean 

Get back to the wellsplring 

Purify the stream 

Search out days that never end 

If it's only for the chance 

To feel just like a child again 

Tell a lie that speaks the truth 

If the heart becomes a prisoner 

Your soul will turn you loose 

And take this dirty water 

Running like a river 

In and out of everything 

We helped to put together 

Take this dirty water 

Help to keep it clean 

Get back to the wellsplring 

Purify the stream 

And take this dirty water 

Running like a river 

In and out of everything 

We helped to put together 

Take this dirty water 

Help to keep it clean 

Get back to the wellsplring 

Purify the stream