Performed by Marc Gunn
from Selcouth
Genetic Counseling Song Lyrics Gwen and Marc Gunn, music Marc Gunn
I ask you questions to build your pedigree
You share half-siblings in your history
Running short on white out. But I’ve got to correct
Your brother of a step mother I don’t need to connect
Ancestry, birth defects, disabilities
I’m putting the final touch on your family tree
Four generations in, and I just about lost it
When you said, “By the way, does it matter that I’m adopted?”
Genetic counselors.
Genetic what?
Genetic counselors
Let us look into your genes
FISH and SNPs
arrays and WES
We’ll teach you what it means.
Setup your appointment for
Genetic counseling
It’s Friday afternoon but I’m here working late
An insurance warrior with letters to write.
Benefits, investigations,
Medical necessity pre-authorizations
The paperwork piles with each case I complete
It’s up to me to get the testing that they need
So I keep Color coding, stacking, and sorting
How time has flown. Oh Look! It's Monday morning,
I pick up the phone on the second ring
DTC testing… it’s my favorite thing.
But I hear them out. I assess their Risk
But every word I say is missed
They fill my brain with questions. I groan in despair.
Because they they read about it on a blog somewhere
Keeping my patience is oh so hard
It’s just another case of MTHFR
Chords Key G
[G] [Em] [D]
[G]I ask you questions to [Em]build your pedigree
You [D]share half-siblings [A7]in your his-[D7]tory
Running [G]short on white out. But I’ve [Em]got to correct
Your [C]brother of a step mother I don’t [D]need to [G]connect
[G] [Em] [D]
[G]Genetic counselors. Genetic what?
[D]Genetic counselors. [G]Let us look into your genes
FISH and SNPs, arrays and WES. We’ll [C]teach you what it [D]means.
Setup your appointment for [G]Genetic [D]counsel-[G]ing
Background
I wrote this song with my wife last spring for her graduation. She's a genetic counselor. There are a lot of inside jokes, and it's fun to sing.
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