trouble the waters

they took a southern working man and chained him to a car

claimed before the judge we didn't pull him very far

anyway

he looked at us with murder in his glance

we want to make a bargain

and the plea is self defense

look mother trouble the waters

we've lost our sons and daughters

blame religion

blame the family

it had to be somebody

painless violence

daddy's silence

feed the glamour of drugs and guns

somebody tell me

you gotta

who threw the stone to trouble the waters

they took a student farmer and they chained him to a post

and sent their finest greetings with him to the holy ghost

this is a place where men are men and we don't need his kind

we know what he planned for us

we could read his filthy mind

look mother trouble the waters

we've lost our sons and daughters

blame religion

blame the family

it had to be somebody

painless violence

daddy's silence

feed the glamour of drugs and guns

somebody tell me

you gotta

who threw the stone to trouble the waters

they took a box of rifles and they hauled them off to school

set up like a sniper in that movie that was cool

someone tripped the fire alarm and panic set about

they looked upon their enemy and calmly took him out

look mother trouble the waters

we've lost our sons and daughters

blame religion

blame the family

it had to be somebody

painless violence

daddy's silence

feed the glamour of drugs and guns

somebody tell me

you gotta

who threw the stone to trouble the waters

look mother trouble the waters

we've lost our sons and daughters

blame religion

blame the family

it had to be somebody

painless violence

daddy's silence

feed the glamour of drugs and guns

somebody tell me

you gotta

who threw the stone to trouble the waters

who threw the stone that trouble the waters

who threw that stone

who threw the stone to trouble the waters

trouble the waters