All day I've faced a barren waste without the taste of water cool water   Old Dan and I with throats burt 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 water   But with the dawn I'll wake and yawn and carry on to water cool clear water   Keep a movin' Dan don't you listen to him Dan   He's a devil not a man and he spreads the burning sand with water   Oh Dan can you see that big green tree where the water's runnin' free   And it's waitin' there for you and me   [ strings ]   The shadows sway and seem to say tonight we pray for water cool water   And way up there he'll hear our prayer   And show us where there's water cool clear water   Dan's feet are sore he's yearnin' for just one thing more than water cool water   Like me I guess he'd like to rest where there's no quest of water cool clear water   (Keep a movin' Dan...