All day I face the barren waste

"Cool water"

All day I face the barren waste
Without the taste of water,
Cool water
Old Dan and I
With throats burned dry
And souls that cry for water,
Cool, clear, water

Keep a-movin' Dan
Don't ya listen to him Dan
He's a devil of a man
And he spreads the burning sand
With water
Oh Dan can you see
That big green tree
Where the water's running free
And it's waiting there for you and me?

The nights are cool
And I'm a fool
Each star's a pool of water,
Cool water
But with the dawn I'll wake and yawn
And carry on to water,
Cool, clear, water

Keep a-movin' Dan
Don't ya listen to him Dan
He's a devil of a man
And he spreads the burning sand
With water
Oh Dan can you see
That big green tree
Where the water's running free
And it's waiting there for you and me?

The shadows sway
And seem to say
Tonight we pray for water,
Cool, water
And way up there
He'll hear our prayer
And show us where there's water,
Cool, clear, water

Keep a-movin' Dan
Don't ya listen to him Dan
He's a devil of a man
And he spreads the burning sand
With water
Oh Dan can you see
That big green tree
Where the water's running free
And it's waiting there for you and me?

Dan's feet are sore
He's yearning for
Just one thing more than water,
Cool, water
Like me I guess
He'd like to rest
Where there's no quest for water,
Cool, clear, water

Keep a-movin' Dan
Don't ya listen to him Dan
He's a devil of a man
And he spreads the burning sand
With water
Oh Dan can you see
That big green tree
Where the water's running free
And it's waiting there for you and me?

Bob Nolan

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Re-write by Joni Mitchell

All day I face the barren waste
Without a taste of water
Cool water
Old Dan and I
Our throats slate dry
Our spirits cry out for water
Cool clear water

Keep on movin' Dan
Some devils had a plan
Buried poison in the sand
Don't drink it man
It's in the water
Cool clear water

In my mind I see
A big green tree
And a river flowin' free
Waitin' up ahead
For you and me
Cool clear water

The nights are cool
And I'm a fool
Each star is a pool of water
Cool water
But come the dawn
We carry on
We won't last long without water
Cool clear water

Keep on movin' Dan
We're still in no-man's land
Dry bones and sand
People never planned here for water
Cool clear water

In my mind I see
A big green tree
And a river flowin' free
Waiting up ahead for you and me
Cool clear water

The shadows sway
They seem to say
Tonight we pray for water
Cool water
And way up there
If you care
Please show us where
There's good water
Cool clear water

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