Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Heavy Metal Toxic Blues (aka The ICIM Fight Song)

(commissioned by ICIM President Chuck Adams MD, to the tune of "Working at the Car Wash Blues")

The Industrial Revo-lu-lution
Started the pol-lu-lu-lution
Now there's metal in the meadows, in the flowers and trees,
Not to mention in the birds and the bees, they wouldn't listen to the
Fact that there was danger,
Now we're shakin' all the way to our shoes,
We got them...
Steadily distressin’ low down mind-messin'
Heavy metal toxic blues

Well, our blood pressure is rising higher
And good health is falling free
We see people too young growing old too fast,
Asking 'How can this be happening to me?'
They called the doctor but
 the mainstream docs are all puzzled and shocked
'Cause they never really learned what to do
With them
Steadily distressin’ low down mind-messin'
Heavy metal toxic blues

Bridge:
You've got to dig way down
Sort the data around
To find the underlying cause
I'd treat my patients' ills
Without big pharma pills
but right now that's against the law

Now we've got toxins in the air and the water
We've got toxins in our food and our phones
We've got air pollution, light pollution,
Up too late at night pollution
And metal just won't leave us alone, that heavy metal
It's an uphill climb, but one patient at a time
You and I can make a difference too
And we'll beat those...
Steadily distressin’ low down mind-messin'
Heavy metal toxic blues