CONDITIONS PRE-EXISTING

Story Behind The Song

Frustrations of the cost of health care in the USA. Trying to deal with a serious problem in a humorous way.

Song Description

A man wakes up to find a medical problem and discovers through the day that he suffers from the pre-existing condition of always being on the short end of the stick

Song Length 4:06 Genre Folk - Rock, Folk - Rock
Tempo Medium (111 - 130) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Troubled, Distressed Subject General
Similar Artists Warren Zevon Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

So we've been dealing with some healthcare issues down here lately. Out of the frustration of it all comes this. Strangely my first upload didn't take.

Lyrics:
I woke up this morning
feeling kind of tight
something took a hold of me
somewhere in the night
I said "Wife take a look at this
Tell me what you see"
She said "Man that looks so hideous,
Where the heck you've been?"
I thought
Oh no. Here I go Again

So I went to the doctor
wondering what could be
Everyone in the waiting room
moved a way from me
I said "Doc take a look at this.
Tell me what it is"
He started acting nervous
said "Call a Specialist!"
I thought Oh no, here I go again
No no no no no here I go again

That sounds like my life story
cause it always goes like this
I'm the kind of guy who
screws up getting sick
I wonder if I'll find someone
who'll tell me what this is
Or if I'll just have to learn to live with it
as part of what I am
Like a L shaped Tattoo on my forehead that says
I lose again!

So I went to the specialist
feeling even worse
filled the forms out in a hurry
gave them to the nurse
Sh said "Sir we'd like to help you,
You really look a mess.
But your insurance claim department
denies that you exist!
I thought, Oh no, here i go again
Conditions pre-existing are, I never win!
No no no no no here I go again
ohhhh Here i go again!

Then he handed me some ointment
said apply it to you skin
Prescribed a bunch of others
Anti-that and Anti-this
He said, "I don't think you're contagious
but i can't take the risk.
I called you wife, job, landlord,
the CDC and the President.
and told them
NO NO NO Stay Away From Him! "

That sounds like my life story
cause it always goes like this
I'm the kind of guy who
screws up getting sick
Perhaps some future scientists
will know just who i am
like, Lou Gehrig,Madame Curry,
a Patient Zero, or like that Elephant man.
No no no no no here I go again.
Is that what I am, Like that Elephant Man?
Well maybe I can get a bag like him,
and a movie deal, yeah
with Cher, or someone else
no no no no no
here i go again

nice production, comedic nature of the song/lyric is certainly different. interesting subject matter for sure. as it goes on, left us wondering what the end would be.

Lyrics Jeff Rauschl Music Jeff Rauschl
Producer Jeff Rauschl Performance Jeff Rauschl

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