Medicine Wheel by Joey Racano www.joeysingstheblues.com joeysingstheblues@yahoo.com
LYRICS by Joey Racano:
Medicine Wheel, Joey Racano 2017
No man is made of stone
or lives by bread alone
We stand here on our own
Made up of flesh and bone
Nobody is an island
No man is made of steel
We're all drugged into silence
Livin' here on the Medicine Wheel
But you're a lucky fella
Tucked under big brother's umbrella
Anytime that you're feelin' blue
Big pharma's got the drug for you
(but if you take it you might)
Wind up in the county jail
Puke your mind up in a pail
Get caught with the neighbor's mail
Be the star of a youtube fail
You can't afford a lawyer
Ex wife down in La Jolla
Took drugs and ya silly boy ya
Had a bout with paranoia
But you're such a lucky fella
Tucked under big brother's umbrella
When you're down and you're so confused
Big pharma's got the drug for you
You're on the Medicine Wheel, Medicine Wheel
When you wanna change the way you feel
Medicine Wheel, Medicine Wheel
Pharmaceuticals are no big deal
You feel just like a christian
On a medieval mission
See all your armor glistening
Pretty sure someone else is listening
You're awake but you've been dreaming
On a horse with nostrils steaming
Woken by the sound of screaming
Shattered glass and cars careening
But you're a lucky fella
Tucked under big brother's umbrella
When you're down and you're feelin' blue
Big pharma's got the drug for you
(but if you take it you might)
Might know the corporate agenda
They need a name for the new mind bender
They'll lock your brain inside of a blender
They can even change your gender
They teach the brightest in the classroom
To be suppliers in the bathroom
Four years and they're out of high school
Then they graduate from D.U.I. school
But you're a lucky fella
Tucked under big brother's umbrella
Anytime that you're feelin' blue
Big pharma's got the drug for you
You're on the Medicine Wheel, Medicine Wheel
When you want to change the way you feel
Medicine Wheel, Medicine Wheel
Pharmaceuticals with every meal
Medicine Wheel, Medicine Wheel
When you wanna change the way you feel
Medicine Wheel, Medicine Wheel
Pharmaceuticals are no big deal
choral interlude
(but if you take it you might)
Might know the corporate agenda
They need a name for the new mind bender
They'll lock your brain inside of a blender
They can even change your gender
No man is made of stone
Or lives by bread alone
When you're down and you're feelin' blue
Big pharma's got the drug for you
You're on the Medicine-You're on the Medicine
Wheel, Medicine Wheel
When you wanna change the way you feel
Medicine Wheel Medicine Wheel
Medicine Wheel, Medicine Wheel
(c'mon home)
guitar solo
(but if you take it you might)
(but if you take it you might)
Start thinkin' suicidal
Binge watching American Idol
Big money without any morals
Own the patents to the trees and the sorrels
Night driving with no recollection
Woke up in an intersection
Lose track of the time and the seasons
Have a tantrum without any reasons
Have your skin break out in lesions
Sudden urge to hang with heathens
Eat donuts by the dozen
Urge to marryin' your first cousin
Pick up the label and read it
Twice a day or else as needed
Causes problems with young complexions
Ask the doctor if you have questions
Shallow breathin and palpitations
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