Rehab Theme
Lyrics:
Come on over, you made it this far.
You're not insane, just slightly scarred.
You saw your future and threw it all away.
You're crumbling. It's the price you gotta pay.
You took the path of a euphoric lie
just so you could get real high.
It tore you up and you need some help.
First things first, you gotta help yourself.
Give us money, give us green.
Show you things that you've never seen.
We never lie and we never steal.
We really do care how you feel.
Come on over, we know you're strong
Tell us everything that you did wrong.
You hurt a man and thought it was funny.
That's alright, just give us your money.
We've seen this happen all the time.
People get high and commit a crime.
You have a problem, you were not cursed.
We'll help you, just pay up first.
Come on over, and you will see
that one could have done it easily.
Your time in here is almost done.
You found yourself in our institution.
You did this all by yourself.
You really did not need our help.
So go out and don't be corrupt.
That's impossible 'cause your bankrupt.
Commentary:
This song is a bit of a joke song as well. At the time, a friend of mine had to go to rehab. The weird thing about his situation was that no one really thought he had a problem, including himself. We were all drinking a bunch as young adults do and some of us were experimenting with drugs. Myself, I just drank and smoked some weed, but never got into anything else.
At any rate, the rehab that he had to check into was rather expensive and I remember him telling us how much money it would cost him to go. We all though it was a bit pricey at the time and kind of unnecessary. He wasn't out of control. He didn't cause anyone harm. He didn't really cause himself harm. This, of course, was only our opinion, but perhaps we didn't know the full extent of the situation. All I do know is that I remained friends with him for years and was there for him then. We've lost touch since, but hope he is doing ok now.
By no means do I think that rehab is a joke. I think this was written at a time that was a lot less politically correct. There are many that truly need and benefit from rehab. In this case, it was about a kid who just wanted to have a few drinks and smoke some weed. Not to bad in my opinion, but hey, what the hell do I know, right?