Waterboy lyrics

Song information

Artist: Live
Album: Mental Jewelry

Lyrics

What do you say to the child
Whose god is in t.v.?
And what do you say to the man
Who blames the world on t.v.?
.
They don't even know how to sing my song
But they won't even try it
With me, with me, with me
.
Who is standing over playing like
The teacher
Harnessing the learned
Who try but can't leave her
I want to beg the liars to lay down
Their sirens
That play like the angels
To my deep desire
.
Free my son
Let him walk right through the rain
Free my son
Make him waterboy
Free my son
There he stands down on the shore
Free my son
.
What do you say to the man
Who treats her like a mother?
And what do you say to the man
Who treats him like a father?
.
"Come and see my heart. come inside
And learn"?
Come and see my soul, it's like yours
I say it's just like yours"?
.
Who is making over
Idolizing princes banishing the dreamers with
Barbed-wire fences
And telling all the children who run to
Her feet
That they have no vision
And love's all diseased
.
Free my son