Not While I'm Drawing Breath
Take B leans into a heavy, bluesy southern rock tempo to emphasize gritty field-service defiance.
The stories behind Not While I'm Drawing Breath
- Driving Southern Rock Groove in Not While I'm Drawing Breath — Take B leans into a heavy, bluesy southern rock tempo to emphasize gritty field-service defiance.
- Defying Planned Obsolescence on Highway 29 — A gritty blues-rock anthem honors independent biomeds who rescue rural hospital equipment from premature retirement.
Lyrics
factory salesman told him sign the paper for a new machine
folks this one is dead
now while i'm drawing breath
county hospital sitting out on highway 29 struggling just
to keep their budget on the black and glass the main imagine generator
threw a heavy spark factory representative
left them standing in the dark said this model is obsolete we don't support
the frame You gotta buy a new one or take the fiscal blame
The clinic administrator had tears inside her eye
Until the independent truck came rolling from the sky
Popped the side inspection,
Hey, it smelled of copper burn
Found a melted five dollar relay in the turn
They called it dead I call it asinus
They told us it was dead, but it's breathing again
Saved by the ranch of the independent men
Telecaster grinding, drums pounding loud
Making that struggling clinic so proud
We don't bow to obsolescence
We don't bow to grief
Bow mid made out of love supplies what they need
Flip on the power, watch the screen glow
Proving them suits don't know what they know
Soldered in a heavy -duty ceramic relay base
the circuit breaker in the middle of the place
Generator hung to life
Crystal clear display Save that rural hospital 200 grand a
day The director hugged my neck
Gave me a slice of pie
That's why the independent flag is flying way
up high
They told us it was dead, but it's breathing again
Saved by the rent of the independent man
We don't bow to obsolescence, we don't bow to greed, the bow
made out of law, supplies what they need, flip on the
power, watch the screen glow,
broken them suits don't know what they know.
Oh, machine operational
Keep your 200 grand, folks
and proud.
