Water ala Sons of the Pioneers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDtCa8ZgAk4&feature=related
(Notice a young Leonard Slye a.k.a. Roy Rogers in the photo)

All day I face the barren waste
Without the taste of water, cool water
Old Dan and I with throats burned dry
And souls that cry for water, cool, clear, water.

Chorus:
Keep a-movin' Dan don't ya listen to him Dan
He's a devil of a man and he spreads the burning sand with water
Dan can you see that big green tree
Where the water's running free
And it's waiting there for you and me?

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

Chorus:
Keep a-movin' Dan don't ya listen to him Dan
He's a devil of a man and he spreads the burning sand with water
Dan can you see that big green tree
Where the water's running free
And it's waiting there for you and me?

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

Chorus:
Keep a-movin' Dan don't ya listen to him Dan
He's a devil of a man and he spreads the burning sand with water
Dan can you see that big green tree
Where the water's running free
And it's waiting there for you and me?

Dan's feet are sore he's yearning for
Just one thing more than water, cool, water
Like me I guess he'd like to rest
Where there's no quest for water, cool, clear, water

Chorus:
Keep a-movin' Dan don't ya listen to him Dan
He's a devil of a man and he spreads the burning sand with water
Dan can you see that big green tree
Where the water's running free
And it's waiting there for you and me?

This morning I got up really early and had the sprinklers going to soak the grass before the sun could dry it up.  I loved looking at the water from the sprinklers crisscrossing in the air. It felt so good when the spray hit me when I was adjusting the sprinklers.  Then I used another hose to water the flowers.  Later, I hopped into the shower while a load of clothes was washing in the laundry room.  With the water beating down on me I thought about how much I love water.  I love to swim.  I love the ocean.  I even like rain.  And it occurred to me that I am so lucky to be able to use water as I want and need.  I thought how hard it had to be for the pioneers settling this hot, dry state with no city plumbing. There were years when their crops failed due to drought.  They had no way of watering their crops. Those were hard, hungry times.  And think of people in Africa and other parts of the world who have to walk long distances for water that is not necessarily even fit for consumption.  I am so lucky to live in the United States.  I am so thankful for water. It is not only a necessity of life but also one of the joys of life--unless it is pouring out of the bottom of my dishwasher, washing machine or water heater.  Then it is a pain in the @#$%%.