Standard (EADGBE)

 All day I've faced the barren waste

 with out the taste of water, cool water

 Ole Dan and I with throats burned dry

 and souls that cry for water, cool, clear water

 The nights are cool and I'm a fool

 Each star's a pool of water.... cool, clear water

 And with the dawn I'll wake and yawn

 and carry on to water ,cool, clear water

 The shadows sway and seem to say

 tonight we pray for water, cool, clear 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 you listen to him Dan

 He's the devil, not a man he spreads the burnin' sand with water

 Say Dan can't you see that big green tree

 where the water's runnin' free, it's waiting there for you and me

 And water, cool, clear water

 Dan's feet are sore he's yearnin' for

 Just one thing more than water, cool, clear water

 Like me I guess he'd like to rest

 Where there's no quest for water, cool, clear water