Lyrics

There's a rock in the palm of my mitten
worn down by a river of lead
flows from the taps, put the city on the map once the kids felt that ache inside their heads
Rage in Genesee county
when an outbreak of legionnaires
sends 12 to the slaughter all because they drank the water
so we don't drink the water out there
because there's something in the water out there

I had my kid up north in a diner
three patriots pulled up in a jeep
one tried to recruit me I replied "it doesn't suit me" and he muttered "I could tell you was a sheep" I had to chuckle at the subsequent silence
until the waitress with the bleach blonde hair
came up and asked me and my daughter "can I get you two some water?"
but we don't drink the water up there
because there's something in the water up there

I got a friend who just caught his wife cheatin'
I got another friend cheating on his wife
I guess there ain't no sinners where the lake effect winters black out the sunny side of life
Maybe I'm swimmin' in projections
maybe I'm being unfair
but ask the fish, frogs and otters, betchya they don't even bother drinking any of the water out there
because there's something in the water out there

When JOURNEY sings "born and raised in south Detroit"
all the locals shout it out and sing along
but they don't ever mention or perhaps don't pay attention to the very next line of that song
which is "he took the midnight train going anywhere" - anyhwere from there - that's what I did
I left that water and they said I'd miss that water but I haven't missed the water out there
because there's something in the water out there