Dear Doctor lyrics

[Chorus]

Oh help me, please doctor, I'm damaged

There's a pain where there once was a heart

It's sleeping, it's a beating

Can't you please tear it out, and preserve it

Right there in that jar?

[Verse 1]

Oh help me, please mama, I'm sickening

It's today that's the day of the plunge

Oh the gal I'm to marry

Is a bow-legged sow

I've been soaking up drink like a sponge

Don't you worry, get dressed, cried my mother

As she plied me with bourbon so sour

Pull your socks up, put your suit on

Comb your long hair down

For you will be wed in the hour

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[Verse 2]

I was trembling, as I put on my jacket

It had creases as sharp as a knife

I put the ring in my pocket

But there was a note

And my heart it jumped into my mouth

It read, Darling, I'm sorry to hurt you

But I have no courage to speak to your face

But I'm down in Virginia with your cousin Lou

There be no wedding today

[Chorus]

So help me, please doctor, I'm damaged

You can put back my heart in its hole

Oh mama, I'm crying

Tears of relief

And my pulse is now under control