pamphlets in hand explain all my fears
in color diagram, with healthy models
this is how you will give me
i must get sicker before you'll pay for my relief
thanks for caring just enough to keep me alive
so i retreat back to doctors who care
for those in need, even if those in need are poor
there are healthy people, wealthy people, saying
that it would strip their choice
we would have no choice if you were poor and dying
'cause they only care once they're sure that you will die
and god forbid they raise a tax to bring you life
'cause to live or die is not your choice
unless you have a funded voice
to not steady hands or sharp scalpels that saved me
but a change in law, a little love will set us free
still, there are healthy people, who are wealthy people
making rules to govern the poor
well there's an army more like me, so sick of dying
'cause they only care once they're sure that you will die
and god forbid they tax the rich to bring you life
'cause to live or die is not your choice
unless you have a funded voice
to live or die is not our choice
because we don't demand with one strong voice