Talking Heads - Cool Water

[jodawi]

day by day / whistle while your work / our backs are breaking / up from hollow earth / from end to end / the noise begins / in the human battle station / 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

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

the old man is at your 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