Lyme Lyrics

http://www.redflagsdaily.com/arts/2005_sep21.html

He was happy and smiling,
in charge of his life
with three little kids
and a sweet, loving wife
and a job that he liked
where he earned
decent pay
and some friends
he could trust
as he went on his way
back and forth to his work
and his home
and his play..

Til one day he awoke,
as he did every day,
with a plan to get dressed
and get life underway;
but the minute he touched
both his feet to the floor,
the world and all in it
spun round and he swayed
as he clung to the bedpost
and rearched for
the door

Which seemed blurred
and obscured
by bright lights
in his eyes
that hurt as they flashed,
taking him
by surprise,
as he blinked back
the fear he felt
rise at the thought
that something
was happening �
something
REAL bad!

And that was the start
of a change in his life:
a change that would fill it
with years of deep strife
and pain reaching far
beyond him to the lives
of all of his family
as well as just his
bringing sadness and misery
and terrible debt
as they struggled to find
what was happening
to Dad.

But one doctor said
it was flu and would pass,
and the next doctor told them
it just might be gas,
and another one looked
through his glasses and sighed
and said it was probably
just caused by stress,
and if he would try
to relax and to find
a job with less pressure
his pains would subside.

But, none of them found
anything really wrong;
and most of them thought
it might just be his mind
that was making him sick,
since the list of his symptoms
was getting so long.
And no doctor found,
through all of their tests,
a medical reason,
though some tried
their best.

And so, now today,
with his family life frayed
and his friends having gone
on their way,
the poor mans still suffering,
trying to find
something left of his life
as he drags through each day
never knowing that once,
on a bright springtime day,
a tick bit, and left him
a victim of Lyme.


Couldn't have said it better......