Just promise me you wouldn't ever desert me Tell me that you'd never willingly hurt me What I'm gonna tell you will probably sting So tell me to stop and I won't say a thing I'm a dirty man I went and I took a drink of dirty water I'm a dirty man I went and I took a drink of dirty water Yes I did, yes I did I needed to tell you I needed surrender I never was good at playing pretender It must be bad, you're just glaring at me Now I'm just lost and I thought I was free But I'm a dirty man I went and I took a drink of dirty water I'm a dirty man I went and I took a drink of dirty water Yes I did, yes I did Oh baby yes I did, yes I did Scream baby scream, boy your silence destroys me Unlike your tears, they just used to annoy me Bring down your thunder, I'm ready to shake Sometimes I feel like it's all a mistake I'm a dirty man I went and I took a drink of dirty water I'm a dirty man I went and I took a drink of dirty water I'm a dirty man Yeah, I'm a dirty man I'm a dirty man Baby I'm a dirty man