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YOU'RE SO LYME by Janice Foster

​written based on Lyrics/Music to
You're So Vain by Carly Simon
 
You-Tube link to song opposite.

You want alcohol at the party, but with antibiotics, you cannot
Your PICC is  strategically hidden on the sly
Damn the results of your Western Blot!
You have one eye on your pillbox – oh, your drugs; there's such a lot
And all the guests are glad they're not your doctor
They 're not your doctor and...

You're so Lyme
You probably forgot this song is about you
You're so Lyme (You're so Lyme)
You disagree with the hospital that it's flu
Don't you? Don't you?

A tick bit you several years ago, and the pain, it will never leave
Then you trusted the government and medical profession
And they accused you of trying to deceive
Oh, you've lost so much of who you were, but you've got no energy to grieve
You think you're alone, but I swear, there's a posse
Swear there's a posse, and... 
 
You're so Lyme
You probably forgot this song is about you
You're so Lyme  (You're so Lyme)
Remember there's many more like you
Won't you?  Won't you? Won't you?

You think you're alone, but I swear, there is a posse
Swear there's a posse, and...
 
You're so Lyme
You probably forgot this song is about you 
You're so Lyme (You're so Lyme)
I bet you live with constant déjà vu
Don't you? Don't you?

Well I heard you met a really hot chick
And you thought “Yep, she's The One” 
Then Igenex told you she's now positive too;
It was like a total eclipse of the sun
Well this isn't how you thought life would be 
And somehow you feel to blame
No one understands; not your family or close friends
Family or close friends and... 
 
You're so Lyme
You probably forgot this song is about you
You're so Lyme (so Lyme)
I bet you want the KMF to find a cure
Don't you? Don't you? Don't you?
 
You're so Lyme
But there's other Lymies out there just like you
You're so Lyme
Don't forget this song is about you...
You're so Lyme...

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"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter"  Martin Luther King Jr.

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