That was young...

They don't make it very long

after the pills take ahold

45 is old

for them

Some make it to fifty-six...

most don't.

I watch and read and browse and see

generations being wiped clean

from this powerful thing

we've created in a lab

Some say they are bad

but deep inside

I know

they are just a hurt little child

aching to heal the pain.

I watch the obituaries

again and again...

1977, 1980, 2001...

daughters and sons

And I can't help but cry

doctors pushing pills

their healing a devilish lie.