Well I don't need you hangin' round my door
 Tryin' to drag me back down to the shore
 And I ain't gonna drink your dirty water no more
 Well I got wet from my head down to my legs
 And I drank dirty water down to the dregs
 But I won't do it again I don't care who begs
 
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 Dirty water, now what's that for
 Dirty water, I ain't drinkin' no more
 I ain't drinkin' no more
 
 You got a lie underneath your tongue where it
 Can't be seen
 And you want to put the truth on guillotine
 But you might as well put out a fire with gasoline
 Well you can serve dirty water from a golden cup
 
 You can try to lock up the truth but the door won't shut
 'Cause the truth just keeps comin' out like blood from a cut
 
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 You can try to sweeten dirty water up with grenadine
 But I can still read you just like a magazine
 And I ain't gonna drink no more till the water runs clean
 
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 Baby you got the kind of love that I can't afford
 And I don't have a taste for what's in that glass you poured
 Now I ain't gonna drink that dirty water no more