[ music: Dennis Drew/words: Natalie Merchant ]. . Tell me what's gone wrong.. I tilt my head there under the faucet but when I turn it on -- dry as paper.. Call the neighbors.. Who's to blame for what's going on?. In the dark without a clue I'm just the same as you.. O they tell us there's poison in the well. that someone's been a bit untidy and there's been a small spill.. Not a lot no just a drop.. But there you are mistaken you know you are.. I wonder just how long they knew our well was poisoned but they let us just drink on.. O they tell us there's poison in the well. that someone's been a bit untidy and there's been a small spill.. All that it amounts to is a tear in a salted sea.. Someone's been a bit untidy they'll have it cleaned up in a week.. But the week is over and now it's grown into years since I was told that I should be calm there's nothing to fear here.. But I drank that water for years my wife and my children.. Tell me where to now if your fight for a bearable life can be fought and lost in you backyard?. O don't tell us there's poison in the well. that someone's been a bit untidy that there's been a small spill.. All that it amounts to is a tear in a salted sea.. Someone's been a bit untidy they'll have it cleaned up in a week..