Both as a standalone and as part of the DSOTS album, you can take this lyric as read. As a matter of public record, Jourgensen's drug intake was legendary even in the 1980s. By the late 90s, in his own words, he was grappling with massive addiction issues and had lost almost everything: friends, spouse, money and had nearly died more than once. "Dark Side of the Spoon" is a both funny & sad title for an album made by a musical genius who was losing the plot; and this song is a message to his fans & friends saying he knows it. It's painful to listen to so I'm glad the "Keith Richards of industrial metals" wised up and cleaned up. Well done sir.
I finally made it through med school
Somehow I made it through
I'm just an intern
I still make a mistake or two
I was last in my class
Barely passed at the institute
Now I'm trying to avoid, yah I'm trying to avoid
A malpractice suit
Hey, like a surgeon
Cuttin' for the very first time
Like a surgeon
Organ transplants are my line
Better give me all your gause nurse
This patient's fading fast
Complications have set in
Don't know how long he'll last
Let me see, that I.V.
Here we go time to operate
I'll pull his insides out, pull his insides out
And see what he ate
Like a surgeon, hey
Cuttin' for the very first time
Like a surgeon
Here's a waiver for you to sign
Woe, woe, woe
It's a fact I'm a quack
The disgrace of the A.M.A.
'Cause my patient's dying, yah my patient's dying
Before they can pay
Like a surgeon, hey
Cuttin' for the very first time
Like a surgeon
Got your kidneys on my mind
Like a surgeon, ooh like a surgeon
When I reach inside
With my scalpel, and my forceps, and re-tractors
Oh oh, oh oh, woe, oh
Ooh baby, yeah
I can hear your heartbeat
For the very last time
Somehow I made it through
I'm just an intern
I still make a mistake or two
I was last in my class
Barely passed at the institute
Now I'm trying to avoid, yah I'm trying to avoid
A malpractice suit
Hey, like a surgeon
Cuttin' for the very first time
Like a surgeon
Organ transplants are my line
Better give me all your gause nurse
This patient's fading fast
Complications have set in
Don't know how long he'll last
Let me see, that I.V.
Here we go time to operate
I'll pull his insides out, pull his insides out
And see what he ate
Like a surgeon, hey
Cuttin' for the very first time
Like a surgeon
Here's a waiver for you to sign
Woe, woe, woe
It's a fact I'm a quack
The disgrace of the A.M.A.
'Cause my patient's dying, yah my patient's dying
Before they can pay
Like a surgeon, hey
Cuttin' for the very first time
Like a surgeon
Got your kidneys on my mind
Like a surgeon, ooh like a surgeon
When I reach inside
With my scalpel, and my forceps, and re-tractors
Oh oh, oh oh, woe, oh
Ooh baby, yeah
I can hear your heartbeat
For the very last time
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parody of "Like a Virgin" by Madonna
no i like it when you or someone says its a parody....
keep tellin :-D
You might as well say it cuz not everyone knows what the song is a parody of (well most of the time yeh but...) and people can see which songs are and which ones aren't...
i agree
Weird Al ROCKS!!! and i think it's helpful for people to tell which songs are parodies cos i usually can't tell: i don't know a lot of 80's song cos i'm just 13!
great, great, great. very funny :D I was last in the class, Barely passed at the institute. - my favorite lines. and the video for this song is just INCREDIBLE!
Im turning 13! But I usually know which songs are parodies and which ones aren't, but oh well.....
WEIRD AL FIRST! This is the only song that Al made from a suggestion..... Apparently Madonna was walking down the street and wondered aloud "I wonder if Weird Al will make a parody of Like a Virgin and call it Like A Surgeon"
A friend heard her and passed it on to Al. Al usually doesn't take suggestions, but he did that time because it was a good idea and it was suggested by Madonna....
I thought he said "gozzlers" instead of gauze,nurse lol
Can we stop with saying the song is a parody? We know more than half of Al's songs are parodies. You do not need to inform us.