My Friend Has a Drug Problem by A legendary gentleman Lyrics
My friend has a drug problem but is not what you’d think.
See it begins with a cadence going
Left
right
left
Right
kill
If you want me to kill; then kill i will
It continued through afghani poppy fields
and followed them home to main street
And it tortures them every night between the sheets
Like Kelly Valoe states the pattern is relentless
Young veteran 20-30 years old is over medicated
And not only uncertain but grimm about his future
His friends and family fret over his health
While taking careful notes of his ups and downs
Praying he doesn't down
In a sea of antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, anticonvulsants, painkillers, anti anxiety, stimulants, sleep aids and a serving of alcohol to wash it all down.
How did you not prepare for a generation of veterans after a (fucking) decade of war
I'm talking about people who have written a check payable to the United States government
Payable for everything ut and including our lives
We’re not some welfare queens asking for handouts and looking at you
But we’re met with abject apathy from a legislative body prone to advocating accountability and personal responsibility
Do our sacrifices mean nothing at all?
Are we to be sacrificed at the altar of budgetary and political expediency
See it begins with a cadence going
Left
right
left
Right
kill
If you want me to kill; then kill i will
It continued through afghani poppy fields
and followed them home to main street
And it tortures them every night between the sheets
Like Kelly Valoe states the pattern is relentless
Young veteran 20-30 years old is over medicated
And not only uncertain but grimm about his future
His friends and family fret over his health
While taking careful notes of his ups and downs
Praying he doesn't down
In a sea of antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, anticonvulsants, painkillers, anti anxiety, stimulants, sleep aids and a serving of alcohol to wash it all down.
How did you not prepare for a generation of veterans after a (fucking) decade of war
I'm talking about people who have written a check payable to the United States government
Payable for everything ut and including our lives
We’re not some welfare queens asking for handouts and looking at you
But we’re met with abject apathy from a legislative body prone to advocating accountability and personal responsibility
Do our sacrifices mean nothing at all?
Are we to be sacrificed at the altar of budgetary and political expediency