Oldest friend calls you up
Friday night drinks at The Dove
Depressed your stomach it turns
Yet from your bed you emerge
By Monday it's all a blur
Change is dirty word


I could lead you to water
But you'd turn to drink
Stubborn as a fool
But too frightened to think
I could lead you to water
But you'd turn to drink
You say the life that you live
Makes you sick
Drowning with every sip


Sat in your home made of sticks
Look down on concrete and bricks
Forest a hundred miles wide
Dead centre you reside
Smoke rises far in the distance
Could be danger or assistance
Made up your mind long ago
You're safest in the shadows


I could lead you to water
But you'd turn to drink
Stubborn as a fool
But too frightened to think
I could lead you to water
But you'd turn to drink
You say the life that you live
Makes you sick
Drowning with every sip


Wish you'd stop talking as if
Somehow your fate has been fixed
It's you who's written the script
cnd you're the one performing
I hope one day you'll begin
To find some pleasure within
The life you live even if
It's hazy by the morning


I could lead you to water
But you'd turn to drink
Stubborn as a fool
But too frightened to think
I could lead you to water
But you'd turn to drink
You say the life that you live
Makes you sick
Drowning with every sip


Change is dirty word