Medicine in the Water

by Jawbone

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lyrics

When you got the cancer and
And all your money spent
Sometimes you gotta put your trust
In the government
If you buy into the program
Do us all a favor
Make sure they dye it purple
‘cause grape's our favorite flavor

Put the medicine in the water
In the water
In the water
Put the medicine in the water
Lay a penny on the rail
Put the medicine in the water
In the water
In the water
Put the medicine in the water
Throw the doctors in the jail

They tried penicillin cigarettes
And protein powdered whiskey
It all cost too much money
Or the side effects too risky
To get it to the people
There's only one solution
Just dump it in ther eiver
Mix it up in the pollution

Put the medicine in the water
In the water
In the water
Put the medicine in the water
Throw a penny in the well
Put the medicine in the water
In the water
In the water
Put the medicine in the water
Let the doctors go to hell

Yeah why do you?
Yeah why do you?

All you hail marys
And all you born agains
Can no longer turn a blind eye
To the scientific trends
Seven parts per million
Puts iron in the blood
You know there aiin't no better bandaid
Than the Mississippi mud

Yeah why do you?
Yeah why do you?

Soak your hands in turpentine
To put your joints at ease
Synthesize some rooster comb
Inject it in your knees
If there's a shrinking of the prostate
Or a swelling of your liver
Sell your farm up on the highway
Get a shack down by the river

There’s sickness in the country
There’s malaise in the land
The spirits sick from trying
And a tremble in the hands
We can spread the healing nationwide
Help everyone recover
From the showers in the prisons
To the mansions of the governor

Put the medicine in the water
In the water
In the water
Put the medicine in the water
Lay a penny on the rail
Put the medicine in the water
In the water
In the water
Put the medicine in the water
Throw the doctors in the jail

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released July 10, 2020
Bob Zabor: vocals, piano, bass

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Jawbone Detroit, Michigan

JAWBONE. IS OVER-DRIVEN, 12 VOLT. ENHANCED. NON-OSCILLATING. SIX STRING. HARMONICANIZED. SLIDE-BLUES. HOLLER STOMPS. OF 2- HEADED DOGS. HANDS WITH 6 FINGERS. TOMBSTONE CHEVYS. JAPANESE ZEROES. HOLY. COCA-COLA. DONKEY OIL. THE GERMAN. FLU. DEATHBED REDEMPTION. RUSSIAN. COAL MINES. AMEN. ... more

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