(Sing to the tune of American Pie by Don McLean)

A long, long time ago
People still remembered how
Those herbal cures can make us whole,
They knew ailments had improved
When herbal cures were still approved
And Nature's remedies could fill their role.

But economic interests quivered,
Didn't like what plants delivered
Put their heads together
To change health care forever,

Decided drugs should rule the day,
Herbal cures should go away,
And the sick should have to pay,
The day the druggists lied.

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So, bye, bye pharmacuetical guy
Told me drugs would make me better
But that was a lie
Them good old herbs will keep me healthy and spry
And they won't drain my pocketbook dry,
No, they won't drain my pocketbook dry.


Did you know that the herbs we love,
Were made by that great God of above,
Something people used to know.
Or do you believe in modern pills
That magic drugs can cure your ills
And chemicals alone can make you whole?

Well, we know that you aren't eating right
Cause I saw you with that burger last night
You ate that coke and fries
It was even super sized.

So, we're all overweight and out of luck,
Eating fast food that costs a buck
Even though it really sucks
The way the druggists lied.

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Now, for long years allopaths have ruled
The general public they have fooled,
But that's not how it used to be.
When the Native man had a pain
From the wild green nation he did gain
His knowledge and his healing remedies.

And when the Chinese healer had
A sickly patient, feeling bad,
He mixed his herbal tea
To balance out their chi.

And so it's time to all returned
To the truths the ancients learned
And let those modern drugs be spurned
Because the druggists lied.

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Let me be one with natural health,
The source of all our greatest wealth
And happiness that's here to stay.
Give me fruits and veggies please,
Organic foods to bring me ease,
And herbs to keep those illnesses at bay.

Let children eat some healthy food
It will do wonders for their mood,
And give them long, productive lives;
And let the green herbs take their place
As healers of the human race
And living teachers who will strive
To stop the druggest lies.

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