Discover the story of the song > You Left the Water Running – Dan Penn

The protagonist is singing about how his partner left him and all the water in the house is running because she forgot to turn it off. He also mentions that she turned off the love between them but didn't turn off the crying. The protagonist tells her that she'll regret it when she receives the water bill. Overall, he is expressing his pain and asking her to come back and turn off the water.