[Verse 1]
When private equity comes to town
They promise growth but cut things down
Healthcare systems feel the squeeze
Staff reductions by degrees
The spreadsheet shows the savings clear
But what about the risks we fear
[Chorus]
Cut to the bone, cut to the bone
When profit margins stand alone
Controls collapse and failures grow
Cut to the bone, what don't they know
The compliance debt will come to call
Cut to the bone, they risk it all
[Verse 2]
IT budgets slashed in half tonight
Security patches out of sight
The audit team of twelve now three
SOC Two compliance running free
Deferred investments pile up high
While quarterly returns look fly
[Chorus]
Cut to the bone, cut to the bone
When profit margins stand alone
Controls collapse and failures grow
Cut to the bone, what don't they know
The compliance debt will come to call
Cut to the bone, they risk it all
[Bridge]
Extraction economics win today
But hidden costs will make you pay
The framework cracks begin to show
When oversight has room to grow
Patient data starts to leak
The fines are more than mountains steep
[Verse 3]
They thought compliance was just cost
But now they see what they have lost
The penalties exceed the gain
The reputation bears the stain
What looked like fat was muscle strong
The math was right but thesis wrong
[Chorus]
Cut to the bone, cut to the bone
When profit margins stand alone
Controls collapse and failures grow
Cut to the bone, what don't they know
The compliance debt will come to call
Cut to the bone, they risk it all
[Outro]
Sometimes the bone is what you need
To stand up straight and not concede
The tension pulls both ways tonight
Between the margins and what's right