Begging for Change
by Peter Alexander, copyright 2009,
Talking ’bout my health care:
My baby has the blues;
She needs to see the doctor
But the HMO refused.
I’m not looking for a handout.
That would make me feel ashamed.
But since I lost my health care,
Brother can you spare me some change?
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All my friends are wondering:
We look around the world;
Everywhere there’s public care
And the cost is just a third
Of what the HMOs are charging.
They’re on the stock exchange;
Their CEOs are millionaires
While we’re all begging Change.
Same old thing in Congress:
They’ve got their feathered nest.
THEY’VE got Public healthcare
And their healthcare is the best.
But we’re all out here dying
While they play the same old games.
I lost my private health care;
Brother can you spare me some change?
So we’re all out here begging.
We were promised Change.
The HMOs all cost too much;
The system is insane.
The Corporations’ rip us off,
They’ve got it all arranged.
‘Til we get friends in Congress.
Brother can you spare me some change?
I lost my private health care
Brother can you spare me some change?
‘Til we get friends in Congress.
Brother can you spare me some change?