Bad Insurance Blues

Photograph Source: David Hilowitz – CC BY 2.0

I got to tell somebody
I got the bad insurance blues.
I got to tell somebody
I got the bad insurance blues.
It’s got me feeling desperate:
Like I got nothing to lose .

Baby won’t stop coughing,
Keeps us up for half the night.
Baby won’t stop coughing,
Keeps us up for half the night.
Tried to call the doctor, but
They say our policy ain’t right.

I got to tell somebody:
I got the bad insurance blues.
I got to tell somebody:
I got the bad insurance blues.
It’s got me feeling desperate:
Like I got nothing to lose .

I called up my provider
When she came down with the flu.
I called up my provider
When she came down with the flu.
By the time they called me back…
She had pneumonia too .

We saw the doctor Sunday
And today I got the bill.
Saw the doc on Sunday
And today I got the bill.
Got me a prescription…
But I can’t afford the pills.

I got to tell somebody:
I got the bad insurance blues.
I got to tell somebody:
I got the bad insurance blues.
It’s got me feeling desperate:
Like I got nothing to lose.

I heard the news somebody
Went and shot a CEO.
I heard the news somebody
Gone and shot the CEO.
Way I’m feeling lately:
That man got almost what he owed.

Life hits like a crisis,
Comes and knocks off your front door.
Life hits like a crisis,
Comes and knocks off your front door.
Insurance man he walks in
And he pisses on your floor.

I got to tell somebody:
I got the bad insurance blues.
I got to tell somebody:
I got the bad insurance blues.
It’s got me feeling desperate:
Like I got nothing to lose.

The house we built, it burned down
Just the other day.
Our only home, it burned down
Just the other day.
Got a note this morning:
Insurance says they will not pay.

Since they wouldn’t see me
I went and tracked the head man down.
Boss refused to see me
So I tracked the rich guy down:
The mansion that he lives in
Must cost more than my hometown.

Mama always told me;
Some people take, some people give.
Mama always told me:
People take and people give.
Rich folk, listen up now:
I know just right where you live.

CHORUS

This system got me reeling
Like I can’t do nothing right
System got me feeling
I just can’t to do nothing right.
Sometimes I start to thinking:
All us sick folks must unite.

I got to tell somebody
We got the bad insurance blues.
I’m telling all my people
We got the bad insurance blues.
It’s got me feeling sometimes
We got nothing left to lose .