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Sea Green Singers - Big NHS Rip Off - lyrics and score

Big NHS Rip-Off
Based on Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell
Arranged by Wendy Sergeant, words by Steve Timmins

Down da down, down down da down x 4
Ooo la la la la, Ooo la la la la

Don’t sell our NHS to private companies
With bosses earning millions
But nurses on a pay freeze

Don't it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone
Save our NHS ‘cos we can’t pay for the lot
Ooo la la la la, Ooo la la la la


They'll put all the GPs and nurses in a mausoleum
And charge all the people fifty quid just to see 'em

Don’t it always seem to go etc ..

Hey manager, drop your calculator now
Give me a doctor to see, and tell ‘em I’m not a cash cow

Don’t it always seem to go etc ..

Late last night I heard an ambulance door slam
I hope the A&E department’s got a bed for my old man

Don’t it always seem to go etc ..

Don't it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone ..