just a little general hospital in a little factory town
the board put me in charge for mainly keeping prices down
i hadn't touched a patient since 1982
but the day of the explosion i remembered what to do
at 11 in the morning we all heard the factory blow
the blast took out the windows and the shrapnel fell like snow
we could get no help from out of town for half a day or more
we had near a thousand casualties and beds for 94.
and can you keep your head your backbone or your heart
we all found out the answer on the day it fell apart
it was worse than combat medicine
supplies were draining fast
bandages ran out and antiseptics wouldn't last
i took all the able-bodied i could catch inside the door
and made them help the doctors or go scrounge supplies and more
i invented laws to tell them saying, "in such emergency
forget your usual job and boss; your orders come from me!"
i sent the cops to commandeer anything in reach
food or disinfectant, cloth or alcohol or bleach
and can you keep your head your backbone or your heart
we all found out the answer on the day it fell apart
the janitor ran cleanup squad; the cook maintained supplies
the garbage man removed the ones who died before our eyes
the clerks burned all our papers to boil water on the fire
...
it gets more engaging from there
things like this have happened lots of times in real life, but the people who did them don't sing songs about them of course
https://youtu.be/4aYVbt5ZwTc?si=ee4y8BZjgKOf3-5T
...it gets more engaging from there
things like this have happened lots of times in real life, but the people who did them don't sing songs about them of course