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

And 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