Abuse of prescribed pain killers on the rise
Is that, in fact any surprise?
when our health care systems' cutting out
any attention to what pain is about
Going deeper to the cause of pain
emotional impacts of stress a gain
for the average Canadian does trade
time and money, these effects to fade
And then of course psychiatry absent
keeping costs down, system's intent
all there's left for Joe public to do
is to buy what big pharma touts to you
When productivity falls into the hole
money is needed to prop up the pole
increased taxes, around and around
you think this mindset continues to pound?
"At Regina's detox centre, 80 per cent of the 200 clients a month get their drugs using prescriptions."
On our psyche, the circle continues
self medication, immediate avenues
of choice that follows big pharma's voice
taxes for treatment centres - great choice!
Round and round, the physical, mental
expectation so elemental
have we lost sight of what governments for
democracy, we the people adore
Supporting, protecting the individual
beginning inside each as residual
not much remaining when all drained out
It's up to us, refilling throughout
It is up to me it is up to you
imagine, to see what we wish to renew
moment by moment, to be the solution
thoughts that feel good, a choice revolution
