Die At County

Chorus:

Let me die at County

Not out on the street

Let me die at County

Take me off my feet

Let me die at County

When I’m passing on

Cause dying at County

I won’t be alone

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Ma died at County

Daddy he did too

My eldest died of gunshot there

And his wife she did too

So take me to County

When my time is done

Cause dying at County

I won’t be alone.

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All the hospitals are on standby

The ambulance won’t stop

Don’t matter it you’re a movie star

Don’t matter if you’re a cop

The building’s kind of new

And it’s packed to the brim

I may die at County

But they always take me in

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The young men are dying

It’s taking them awhile

Trying to go with dignity

And just a little style

Medicines expensive

Health care aint free

Last year’s social butterfly

Has no modesty

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My HMO says SOL

My PPO just won’t

Medicaid wants to be paid

And Medicare just don’t

So take me to County

I can’t afford to pay

Let me die at County

In the USA

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County’s the best hospital

So I’ve been told

All the doctors are young

All the nurses are old

When it’s their turn to die

They reach paradise

Cause they’ve spent enough time

In fire and ice

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They took County hospital

Put it on TV

Made a lot of money

Off people like me.

They get residuals

I get along

All I’ve got left is

This damn old song

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I went to the county

I was sick real bad

It was the worst

I’d ever had

Told the clerk

I felt I was dying

She told me

To get in the line

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Stroger had a stroke

The ambulance raced

Didn’t stop

Till it got to his place

Stroger came to

Opened an eye

Said keep on going

Aint ready to die