Listen Up America!

Somebody’s been making money
Off of you and me
Like all the insurance companies
And the entire medical bureaucracy
Hospitalization and medication
Is not always an option for the working poor population
Listen up America!
The right to medical coverage should certainly be
A basic right that is guaranteed

The cost of medicine is sky high
It’s no wonder many of the working poor give up and die
Can’t afford a hospital stay
That costs thousands of dollars each and every day
The cost of medication is mind boggling
For those with no insurance and financially struggling
Listen up America!
The right to medical coverage should certainly be
A basic right that is guaranteed

Low paying jobs with no medical insurance
Families suffering with no sign of deliverance
Child with a bone disease cannot afford medication
Another dies from a tooth with an abscess infection
Children with asthma get no relief
When parents can’t afford the treatment they need
Listen up America!
The right to medical coverage should certainly be
A basic right that is guaranteed

Medical coverage in this land
Has not been for every man
One good illness and a person’s wiped out
Times become hard without a doubt
Lose the job…car repossessed
Life’s a mess filled with stress
Listen up America!
It’s time for a change!