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Verse 1
I (G major) was talking to this nurse
up at the hospital the other night,
and I asked her what she thought
of the nursing profession.
And this is what she said.
When I was just a little bitty girl
sitting on mother's knee,
she asked me what,
when I grew up, I thought I'd
like to be.
Musician, beautician,
per (C major) haps a (G major) dress designer,
Or how about a hostess
on a luxury airliner?
But she didn't know
I already had a (C major) taste for finer things
Like (G major) Cadillacs, expensive clothes,
(D major) mink coats,
(G major) and diamond rings
So I said, Mother, when I grow up,
I know what (C major) I'm gonna be
I de (G major) cided just the other night
from a story on TV
It was about this nurse
who helped a doctor
(C major) save somebody's life
(G major) The doctor was a millionaire,
and the nurse became his wife
They lived happily ever after
and (C major) I said that's for me
I'll (G major) be a nurse and have my fling
and wed some rich MD and now I'm (G minor) (G major) (G minor)
(G major) (D major) (G major) Fallen arches back strain sore feet
and burgos veins every
day an (D major) other gray (G major) hair.
Oh, yes, I'm (G minor) (G major) (G minor) (G major) somebody's (D major) wife.
I'd gladly (G major) trade this bedpan
for (C major) a he -man.
(G major) It's time I got some (C major) special (G major) care.
About the time I finished
high school,
(C major) I received a bro (G major) chure one day.
It told about the glamour,
opportunities, high pay,
not to mention all those parties,
social (C major) life and entertaining.
And (G major) after I read it,
I could hardly wait to start in
nurses' training.
Well, I hadn't been there very long
till I knew one (C major) thing for sure.
(G major) The person had never been
to nurse's school
who wrote that little brochure.
The uniforms that I had to buy
didn't show off my curves
and sitting in lectures all day long
kind of got (D major) on my (G major) nerves.
My roommate borrowed all my clothes
she was (C major) three sizes bigger than me
but (G major) she did help me crawl in the wonder
when I'd come in at two or three.
I passed my work by the skin of
my teeth
and on our graduation
(C major) they had a little (G major) ce remony in our rooms
for those of us on probation.
And now I'm tired (G minor) of (G major) this life,
to heck with all (G minor) (G major) this toil and (D major) strife.
Cause (G major) I've got fallen arches,
back strains, sore feet,
and Virgo's veins.
Every day another (D major) gray (G major) hair.
Oh yes, I'm tired (G minor) (G major) of this life.
I want to be (G minor) (G major) somebody's (D major) wife.
I'd (G major) gladly trade this
bedpan for (C major) a he -man,
(G major) it's time I got some (C major) special (G major) care.
Well, I've been out of school now 14 years
and I've come to one conclu (C major) sion.
Those (G major) ideas that I used to have,
all were just illusion.
On that high pay that I've
been (C major) getting,
I keep going further in debt.
And (G major) hearing a surgeon rant and rave,
how glamorous can you get?
And whenever we have a party,
I'm on (C major) the third ship without fail.
So while everyone (G major) else is having a blast,
I'm drinking ginger ale.
I gave up the (C major) idea a long time (G major) ago
of marrying a millionaire, (C major)
(G major) but I'd like to have a man
who was able to give me some
special care.
But every time that I'm assigned
(C major) to a patient of the opposite (G major) sex,
they all turn out to be 80 years old,
flat -broken, physical wrecks.
So here I am, getting older every (C major) day,
and though I'm (G major) not antique,
I'm beginning to (D major) feel
my (G major) sex appeal
is almost past its peak.
That's why I'm (C major) tired (G minor) (G major) of this life
Too heck with all (G minor) (G major) this toil and strife
(D major) Cause I've got (G major) fallen arches,
back strains, sore feet,
and Burko's veins
Every day an (D major) other grey (G major) hair
Oh yes, I'm (C major) tired (G minor) (G major) of this life
I want to be (G minor) some (G major) body's (D major) wife
I'd (C major) gladly (G major) trade this
bedpan for (C major) a he -man
(G major) It's time I got some (C major) special (G major) care.
It's time I got some (C major) special (G major) care. (C major)
Special care.
(G major)
Nurses Lament
Doug Harrell
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