Water's always flowing downward
Maybe I should go there, too
With the people who know hunger
And feel the rains come flooding through

Take what's given
And don't ask questions
Do your best to look away
But I can't go softly
I won't go gently
I'll choose the water everyday

What a woman with a secret
Something that is buried deep
In a house that's filled with sunlight
Rays that warm her while she sleeps

Take what's given
And don't ask questions
Do your best to look away
But I can't go softly
I won't go gently
I'll choose the water everyday

I could tell you of that evening
When it all came tumbling down
With my family gathered 'round me
In a house half underground

Take what's given
And don't ask questions
Do your best to look away
But I can't go softly
I won't go gently
I'll choose the water everyday

But I can't go softly
I won't go gently
I'll choose the water everyday