The stories behind Louisiana - Bayou Repair Rhythm

• Bayou Repair Rhythm: A Busy Clinic Keeping Its Beat — “Bayou Repair Rhythm” follows a technician working a crowded Louisiana clinic, calibrating and logging equipment while the waiting room fills up.

Lyrics

Louisiana morning

clinic doors swing wide i roll my car through the hallway

with my tools by my side test tubes in the rack

bright screens begin to blow

i check every little signal so the whole room knows

when the waiting room is crowded

then the pressure starts to rise i bring a steady hand

and a spark behind my eyes

And now

Bayou repair rhythm, keep that care moving

Biomedical hands, we're from first to last

Losing a heart, every patient counts a day

Tune machines and let the room keep the worry away

A monitor starts blinkin'

A centrifuge runs slow I find the loose connection

And make the current flow

Calibrate the analyzer Check the numbers twice

Clean the bench, log the service,

make the readings right

The nurses call my name, and I answer with a grin

A little patience, a little skill

And we get the day back in

Hey now, bayou repair rhythm

Keep that care moving on

Biomedical hands that work the first light till dawn

Losing a heart, every patient counts a day I tune the machines and lift the room

Keep the worry away

From the cypress by the water

To the bright fluorescent hall I hear the brass

kick up Whenever someone calls

No patient left waiting

No small detail ignored

I bring a beat up care for work

Through every clinic door

And now, bayou repair rhythm

Keep that care moving on

Biomedical hands at work

Making our system strong

Losing a heart Let the whole clinic sway with energy

And carry every test we send away

Oh, go on and laugh

Watch

for counting time,

by your care in clinic life, everything alive.