Blinded by the Light – a parody of the great 1976 Manfred Mann’s Earth Band song – Medical marijuana needs to be treated just like any other medication – and to do that you need to know the best available evidence.
LYRICS
James McCormack
AUDIO PRODUCTION
James McCormack with help from Pete McCormack
VIDEO PRODUCTION
James McCormack/AdrianPoon
LYRICS
Blinded by the light
Cannabis can seduce
Being natural don’t make it right
Blinded by the light
Medical Marijuana
Some think it’s the nirvana
No longer a teenage caveat
CBD, THC
Used to eat it in a brownie
Get higher than a kite
Now you’ve got chronic pain all over
Your feeling kinda older
And an inch from your burial ground
But the side effects can be unpleasing
Not just sneezing and wheezing
And much of the evidence is unsound
Much of the evidence is unsound
Don’t by blinded by the light
Cannabis can seduce
Being natural don’t make it right
Blinded by the light
So here is my two cents
For some it makes a difference
If you’ve got neuropathic pain
One in 5 or 10 will get a benefit
Other treatments may be a better fit
Before you bogart, be smart
Check out the side effect chart
You need to know this to decide
It causes sedation, disorientation
And for some hallucinations
Only if nothing else has worked give it a try
If nothing else has worked give it a try
Don’t get down, there is no black and white
We just want to help you see the light
Copyright Issues
1. The original song is the classic Blinded by the Light by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
2. In Canada we have a law that states the use of copyrighted material as part of “Fair dealing for the purpose of research, private study, education, parody or satire does not infringe copyright”
3. The use is solely for non-commercial purposes
4. The use is solely for the purposes of education – promoting the concepts of evidence-based medicine, shared decision making and common sense to health care providers and patients
5. It is parody as it equates the original context of the song – medical marijuana is in generally smoked and requires a light but we don’t want people to get blinded by that light but rather to know the evidence
6. Substantive transformative changes have been made – new lyrics and vocals