Cool water

Cool water-artist: frankie laine as sung on "hell bent for leather": columbia cs 8415-versions by the sons of the pioneers charted twice—at # 25 in 1941 and -at # 9 in 1948 when they were joined by vaughn monroe-words and music by bob nolanall day i've faced a barren wastewithout the taste of water, cool waterold dan and i with throats burned dryand souls that cry for watercool, clear, waterkeep a-movin, dan, dontcha listen to him, danhe's a devil, not a manhe spreads the burning sand with waterdan, can ya see that big, green tree?where the water's runnin' freeand it's waitin' there for me and you?the nights are cool and i'm a fooleach star's a pool of watercool waterbut with the dawn i'll wake and yawnand carry on to waterwater, water, waterkeep a-movin, dan, dontcha listen to him, danhe's a devil, not a manhe spreads the burning sand with waterdan, can ya see that big, green tree?where the water's runnin' freeand it's waitin' there for me and you?cool, clear, watercool, clear, watertranscribed by robin hoodthese lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned aboveand do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheetmusic, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.