[Verse 1]

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

[Chorus]

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

[Verse 2]

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

[Chorus]

O, they tell us there's poison in the well

That someone's been a bit untidy

And there's been a small spill

And all that it amounts to is a tear in a salted sea

That someone's been a bit untidy

They'll have it cleaned up in a week

[Bridge]

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!

[Verse 3]

So tell me, where to now

If your fight for a bearable life

Can be fought and lost in you backyard?

[Chorus]

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

And all that it amounts to is a tear in a salted sea

That someone's been a bit untidy

They'll have it cleaned up in a week