Independence Repentance

Back in the dark (literally) ages of my youth, I was a sun-bronzed lifeguard for several summers, with hair bleached blond by chlorine and sun. I didn’t have a clue that melanoma wasn’t “just skin cancer”. Some thirty years later, I almost paid the ultimate price for my cluelessness and unprotected fun in the sun. You needn’t hide indoors this holiday weekend and, by all means, get outside and hike, swim, boat, golf, ride, cookout, drink up, and boogie; just please don’t get fried! And sing along with the Doobie Brothers’ “Listen To The Music” while dousing yourself with a good sunscreen…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVgMzKMgNxw


Don't you see it growin',
Day by day
People
Gettin' ready for bad news
Some are tanning,
Won’t be glad
Wo, we got to beat the UV rays
Wo, oh yeah
What the people need
Is a way to make 'em pale
It ain't so hard to do if you know how
Gotta get a message
Get it on through
Oh now blogger’s goin' to after awhile
Wo, oh, oh, lather on the sunscreen
Wo, oh, oh, lather on the sunscreen
Wo, oh, oh, lather on the sunscreen
All the time

Well you know,
I know better
Everything I say
Meet me in the clinic for a day
We'll have checkups
And we'll scan
Wo, we're gonna blast the moles away
Wo, oh yeah
And if I'm lookin’ pale to you
And you're lookin’ pale to me
There ain't nothin' we can do but pray
Scannin' good,
Feeling fine
Wo, baby, beat the UV rays

Wo, oh, oh, lather on the sunscreen
Wo, oh, oh, lather on the sunscreen
Wo, oh, oh, lather on the sunscreen
All the time

Don’t want tumors on your liver
Alarming PET scans glowing bright
Don’t want lesions growing bigger
Lookin' for the happy scans
And you got to start out right

Wo, oh, oh, lather on the sunscreen
Wo, oh, oh, lather on the sunscreen
Wo, oh, oh, lather on the sunscreen
All the time
Wo, oh, oh, lather on the sunscreen
Wo, oh, oh, lather on the sunscreen
Wo, oh, oh, lather on the sunscreen
Wo, oh, oh, lather on the sunscreen
All the time
God, we gotta beat the UV rays!

Happy Independence Day!