Dirty Water Lyrics - 70th Birthday Concert - John Mayall

Well I don't need you hangin' round my door 

Tryin' to drag me back down to the shore 

And I ain't gonna drink your dirty water no more 

Well I got wet from my head down to my legs 

And I drank dirty water down to the dregs 

But I won't do it again I don't care who begs 

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Dirty water, now what's that for 

Dirty water, I ain't drinkin' no more 

I ain't drinkin' no more 

You got a lie underneath your tongue where it 

Can't be seen 

And you want to put the truth on guillotine 

But you might as well put out a fire with gasoline 

Well you can serve dirty water from a golden cup 

You can try to lock up the truth but the door won't shut 

'Cause the truth just keeps comin' out like blood from a cut 

[Chorus] 

You can try to sweeten dirty water up with grenadine 

But I can still read you just like a magazine 

And I ain't gonna drink no more till the water runs clean 

[Chorus] 

Baby you got the kind of love that I can't afford 

And I don't have a taste for what's in that glass you poured 

Now I ain't gonna drink that dirty water no more