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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Missy Raines

Performer

Ben Garnett

Performer

Eli Gilbert

Performer

Ellie Hakanson

Performer

Tristan Scroggins

Tristan Scroggins

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Missy Raines

Lyrics

Randy Barrett

Lyrics

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Matt Coles

Engineer

Alison Brown

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Ben Surratt

Mixing Engineer

Randy LeRoy

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Lyrics

In a room with paneled style

Men in suits they sit and smile

They’ve got the goods and a business plan

To boost supply and demand

And down the line at the clinic door

The doctor grins and offers more

Just a little script in lazy scrawl

Promised relief to one and all

My people lived the Blue Diamond way

Working hard for too little pay

Who needs a mine to kill us dead

When a little pill works fine instead?

Our aches and pains became a curse

But the cure just made us worse

We were poor and short on hope

An easy mark for corporate dope

In tiny homes on the edge of town

And in sagging storefronts falling down

The hours creep by but the day don’t change

Our cravings roar and then they rage

Those in charge, they held their tongues

Closed their eyes to the damage done

Countless graves, they yawn and call

Prescription death will fill them all

My people lived the Blue Diamond way

Working hard for too little pay

Who needs a mine to kill us dead

When a little pill works fine instead?

My people lived the Blue Diamond way

Working hard for too little pay

Who needs a mine to kill us dead

When a little pill works fine instead?

When a little pill works fine instead?

Written by: Missy Raines, Randy Barrett

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