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Something In The Water
They’ve put something in the water
Of that I am damn sure
For forty years, a happy guy
Never depressed before
Now I keep pill popping happy pills
“They’ll cure all of my woes”
Little pills, massive pills
In what orifice do I put those?
I am a slave to happy pills
They dictate my life each day
I really should just consider
Throwing them away
I don’t have money for rehab
I just don’t have the wealth
Soon I won’t have the luxury
Of knowing I have my health
The side effects are crippling
The worst of constipation
Really need to detox
Maybe some colonic irrigation
Doctor, am I really depressed?
Doctor smirks and shrugs
Knowing another slave is captured
To those prescription drugs
“I perhaps just need a hobby”
The doctor just persists
Got to keep those back handers coming
From the pharmacists
It’s the pharmacists who rule the world
Forget about the rest
Is it really any wonder?
Why everyone is ‘depressed’
People diagnosed with depression
Each day more and more and more
They’ve put something in the water
Of that I am damn sure
Of that I am damn sure
For forty years, a happy guy
Never depressed before
Now I keep pill popping happy pills
“They’ll cure all of my woes”
Little pills, massive pills
In what orifice do I put those?
I am a slave to happy pills
They dictate my life each day
I really should just consider
Throwing them away
I don’t have money for rehab
I just don’t have the wealth
Soon I won’t have the luxury
Of knowing I have my health
The side effects are crippling
The worst of constipation
Really need to detox
Maybe some colonic irrigation
Doctor, am I really depressed?
Doctor smirks and shrugs
Knowing another slave is captured
To those prescription drugs
“I perhaps just need a hobby”
The doctor just persists
Got to keep those back handers coming
From the pharmacists
It’s the pharmacists who rule the world
Forget about the rest
Is it really any wonder?
Why everyone is ‘depressed’
People diagnosed with depression
Each day more and more and more
They’ve put something in the water
Of that I am damn sure
Published 28th May 2013
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11th Jan 2015 10:02am
I came across your poem while searching for inspirational words to say to my girl friend that just tried to swallow a fist full of prescription drugs. She was prescribed zanics and numerous other mood enhancing drugs but offered no therapy. There are some crappy paid off doctor's out there.
Thank you for this share.
Thank you for this share.
