Cool Water Lyrics - Talking Heads

Day by day 

Whistle while you work 

Our backs are breaking 

Up from hollow earth 

From end to end 

The noise begins 

In the human battle stations 

And the big one's coming in 

Work, work, work, work 

Work till holes are filled 

Work, work, work, work 

Bags of bone and skin 

Lovers hold hands 

Tossing their heads 

Tangled in hair 

Tied to earth 

With skin and glue 

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But their skin is the same as yours 

Coming in for the world to see 

They can sit at the table, too 

The same blood as you and me 

Speak very softly 

Hold my hand 

Someone is sleeping 

In my bed 

Priests pass by 

Worms crawl in 

One dreams to be 

One dream for all 

His skin is the same as yours 

Is he not made the same as you? 

And some have fallen down 

And blood spilled on the ground 

Work, work, work 

Till his life is done 

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The old man 

Is at our door 

And he's knocking 

Knocking 

As his neighbors weep 

Each day repeats 

Are we nothing in your eyes? 

Someone answer, someone answer 

This rusted garden gate 

Can barely even stand 

Their work is over now 

And rest will be at hand 

Is their skin not the same as yours? 

Can they sit at the table to drink 

Cool water 

Cool water 

And his lungs are filled with rain 

And the water's rushing in