WHITE COATS IN THE SMOKE
They came in coats as white as sin
With sample bags and practiced grins
Said this’ll help said that one’s free
Then billed me twice for sympathy
They gave my mama yellow pills
To quiet nerves and soften wills
They called it care they called it grace
But it wiped the fire from her face
White coats marchin white coats lie
Pills to live and pills to die
Left foot numb and right foot broke
We all breathin white coat smoke
They sold us sleep they sold us speed
Diagnosed and dosed on need
I asked for hope they gave a card
Said fill this out and breathe in hard
Behind the desk a screen went red
Another script another thread
A body count too clean to track
And no one ever gives it back
Who made the cure they did
Who owns the gate they hid
Who keeps the score the board
Who takes the blame ignored
White coats marchin white coats fade
Cash in hand no soul to trade
Sing it low with a bitter stroke
We’re all coughin white coat smoke
No one bleeds on TV shows
Just one more pill one more dose
And I keep singin from this ash and rope
White coats vanish in the smoke