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(Created page with "category:parody category:1970s category:unfinished * '''parody of''': {{l/wp|The Love You Save}} (by The Jackson Five), itself a reference to the phrase "the life you save may be your own" ** [https://genius.com/The-jackson-5-the-love-you-save-lyrics lyrics] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6pLV9xZczM audio] * '''written''': 2025-01-21 ** The original song came up on the car stick this morning, which sparked the idea. ** Later that day I remembered the idea...") |
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** [https://genius.com/The-jackson-5-the-love-you-save-lyrics lyrics] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6pLV9xZczM audio] | ** [https://genius.com/The-jackson-5-the-love-you-save-lyrics lyrics] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6pLV9xZczM audio] | ||
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you played keep-away. | you played keep-away. | ||
You never would give back my stuff -- | You never would give back my stuff -- | ||
you | you claimed it was okay. | ||
When you got big you joined the ranks | When you got big you joined the ranks | ||
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but those you're stomping down upon | but those you're stomping down upon | ||
get madder by the hour. | get madder by the hour. | ||
''[verse 2]'' | |||
When Lissa rode the ambulance | |||
You sent her off to jail | |||
The ride was for a heart attack | |||
Your bill gave one as well. | |||
You charged Scott seven thousand | |||
which really seems a lot | |||
when the place was on your network -- | |||
but the surgeon was not. | |||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
Latest revision as of 22:01, 21 January 2025
- parody of: The Love You Save (by The Jackson Five), itself a reference to the phrase "the life you save may be your own"
- written: 2025-01-21
- The original song came up on the car stick this morning, which sparked the idea.
- Later that day I remembered the idea and started coming up with words, which I posted to TootCat.
Words
[verse 1]
While we played tag in grade-school
you played keep-away.
You never would give back my stuff --
you claimed it was okay.
When you got big you joined the ranks
of healthcare CEOs
When claims come in, you keep those funds --
Delay, deny, depose.
[chorus]
Stop -- the life you save
may be your own!
your company has grown,
but think about the lives you've blown.
Better stop, the life you save
may be your own!
You're trading people's health and lives for profits --
that puts you in a target zone.
[post-chorus]
I don't go for violence!
I'm not the hurting kind!
...but folks out there are hurting bad,
so hurting's on their mind!
You might think you're protected
by all your wealth and power --
but those you're stomping down upon
get madder by the hour.
[verse 2]
When Lissa rode the ambulance
You sent her off to jail
The ride was for a heart attack
Your bill gave one as well.
You charged Scott seven thousand
which really seems a lot
when the place was on your network --
but the surgeon was not.