My life’s a half-fast wreck from the nasty side effects

Of a pill some shill on TV said would cure me

I bought his slick advice but I’ve paid a wicked price

Not even my old dog can now endure me

      

It matters not what bug you’ve caught

Or how you’re health’s been failin'

Just pop this pill an' like a shot

You’ll cease from what you’re ailin'

Though Sir or Ma’am your Uncle Sam

Says we must give fair warnin'

By takin' this you run the risk

You may be dead by mornin'
      

I shoulda listened carefully to know what to expect

But I ignored his lengthy list of nasty side effects

My hair fell out… I got the gout... my hands they started shakin'

I couldn’t stop… then couldn’t go... my skin began to flakin'

      

It matters not what bug you’ve caught

Or how you’re health’s been failin'

Just pop this pill an' like a shot

You’ll cease from what you’re ailin'

Though Sir or Ma’am your Uncle Sam

Says we must give fair warnin'

By takin' this you run the risk

You may be dead by mornin'
      
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My nose blew like a wet monsoon... my mouth a dry Sahara

My lips turned blue while I froze through my bones right to the marrah

Besides all that I’ve gotten fat with rotten teeth decayin'

But hey… my killer headache’s gone... just like that shill was sayin'

      

It matters not what bug you’ve caught

Or how you’re health’s been failin'

Just pop this pill an' like a shot

You’ll cease from what you’re ailin'

Though Sir or Ma’am your Uncle Sam

Says we must give fair warnin'

By takin' this you run the risk

You may be dead by mornin'
      
      

     
 
 
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