May I give you some good advice
May save your life one day
Before you take pleasure

You should think twice
Or else you have to pay
You can drink French champagne

'til the night is gone but
Don't drink the water
In this world you can have all you want

But don't drink the water

Lying on the sand on the Jersey shore

Opened up my eyes
They say life is a beach
But I'm not so sure

It made me realize

You can sit in the sun

And watch your skin burn
But you can't swim in the water
There's garbage on a barge

And it's in your front yard
And you can't swim in the water


I may stumble
I may fall
Won't you please pick me up

Or at least give me a call

And if I get a thirst

A thirst that could kill
Pour me a glass
Of cool clear water


Up in the highlands of beautiful green
It's a drinkers paradise

Overhead fighters make sounds so obscene
I swear up at the skies


After Chernobyl
I drink Scotch that's old
But I don't drink the water

You can sit by the stream until you get cold
But don't drink the water


I may wander
I may stray too far
I may often stumble from the whisky in the jar

But I no longer hide my face or try to run away
It's time to join the human race
And make the !@$(s pay


May I give you some good advice
May save your life one day

Before you take pleasure
You should think twice
Or else you have to pay


You can drink French champagne
'til the night is gone but

Don't drink the water
In this world you can have all you want
But don't drink the water

But don't drink the water
But don't drink the water