At the Watergate

Performed by The Waves
Recorded 1973
Written by Joan Wile, Alan Thomas

In that citadel of law and order, hallowed Washington
The boys all got together for a bit of harmless fun
In the dark of night they sneaked into the pearly Watergate
To bug the opposition and mess up their candidate

But when they fooled with the tap at the Watergate
The truth come pourin' out
The truth come pourin' out
When they fooled with the tap at the Watergate
The truth come pourin' out

The boys got caught doin' their thing
They got sent to jail
But they wouldn't say who planned the caper
They wouldn't tell the tale
And if you're wondring why they wouldn't blow the whistle
It's no mystery
Lot of cash, lots of hints of executive clemency

Yes they tried to plug the leak at the Watergate
But the truth come pourin' out
The truth come pourin' out
Yes they tried to plug the leak at the Watergate
But the truth come pourin' out

Well one of them decided he didn't want to take the rap
So he snitched on the big boys who said, "turn on the tap"
The head of this, the boss of that
The list did grow and grow
Where it will eventually lead we don't yet rightly know

Lot of people all wet at the Watergate
As the truth come pourin' out
The truth comes pourin' out
Lot of people all wet at the Watergate
As the truth comes pourin' out

Oh you can fool some of the people most all of the time
And you can fool all of the people some of the time
But the same old truth is settin' there in the middle of this line
You just can't fool all the people all the time

'Cause when they turned on the tap at the Watergate
The truth come pourin' out
The truth come pourin' out
When they turned on the tap at the Watergate
The truth come pourin' out

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