Color the Ink Red

Color the ink red.
Dye it red at the fed.
Color the ink red.
State budgets it has bled.
Color the ink red.
Gov presses do it spread.
Color the ink red.
Other people’s money it has shed.
Color the ink red.
Much of it comes from costs of med.
Color the ink red.
It is the big debt we dread.
Please don't color the ink red.
Color it black instead.
We can no longer fudge it.
Let us now fix the budget