Janiva Magness - Dirty Water lyrics

rate me

I don't need you hanging round my door

Trying to drag me back down to the shore

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

But I got wet from my head down to my legs

And I drink dirty water down to the drains

Lord I won't do it again, I don't care who begs

Dirty water, now what's that for?

Dirty water, I ain't drinking no more

I ain't drinking no more

You gotta lie underneath your tongue, where it can't be seen

Cause if you wanna put the truth on the, the guillotine

But you might as well put fire out with gasoline

If you sum up dirty water from a golden cup

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

Cause the truth keeps coming out like blood from a cut

Now it sparkles and it shines but it's just a trick

So we worship down with a little kiss

But that dirty water, bout to make me sick

Dirty water, now what's that for?

Dirty water, I ain't drinking no more

I ain't drinking no more, no

We've been trying to sweet dirty water with the...

But I can still read you just like a magazine

And I ain't gonna drink no more, till that water runs clear

... you got the kind of love I can't afford

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

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

No, I ain't gonna drink your dirty water no, no more

No more, I ain't drinking no.