All day I've faced the barren waste
With out the taste of water cool, water.
Ole Dan and I, with throats burned dry,
and souls that cry
for water cool, clear water
The nights are cool and I'm a fool
Each star's a pool of water cool, clear water
And with the dawn I'll wake and yawn
and carry on
to water cool, clear water
The shadows sway and seem to say
Tonight we pray for water cool, clear water
And way up there He'll hear our prayer
and show us where
there's water cool, clear water
Keep amovin' Dan Don't you listen to him Dan
He's the devil, not a man
He spreads the burnin' sand with water
Say Dan can't you see that big green tree,
where the water's runnin' free
It's waiting there for you and me
and water cool, clear water
Dan's feet are sore he's yearnin' for
Just one thing more than water cool, clear water
Like me I guess he'd like to rest
where there's no quest
for water cool, clear water.