Sister Morphine
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1. Here I lie in my
hospital bed,
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tell
me, Sister Morphine, when are you coming round again ?
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F
Oh, and I don't think I can
wait that long,
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oh,
you see that my pain is so stro.......ng.
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2. All the other patients say
they've never seen a man with such pain,
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tell
me, Sister Morphine, when are you coming round again ?
G F
Oh, I don't think I can wait
that long,
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oh,
you see that I'm not that stro.......ng.
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3. The scream of the ambulance is sounding in my ear,
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tell
me, Sister Morphine, how long have I been lying here ?
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What am I doing in this place ?
E F
Why does the doctor have no face ?
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F
Oh, I can't crawl across the
floor.
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Can't you see, Sister
Morphine, just trying to score ?
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4. Well, it just goes to show things are not what they seem,
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please,
Sister Morphine, turn my nightmare into dreams.
G F
Oh, can't you see I'm fading
fast,
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and
that this shot will be the last.
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5. Please, Cousin Cocaine, lay
your cool hands on my head,
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hey,
Sister Morphine, you'd better make up the lyin'
bed !
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'Cause you know and I know in
the morning I'll be dead,
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and
you can sit around and watch
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all
the clean white sheets stain red.
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(Marianne Faithfull)