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Hospital Food Lyrics
Comin' through the alley tryin' to walk without a sound
It doesn't really matter 'cause there ain't no one around
Tiptoe through the alley and tiptoe through your life
You still got it coming be it a gun, be it a knife
Next thing you know
You're eating hospital food
Karaoke castration, take the wasp alive
He's gonna sting you anyway and take you to the hive
Yesterday was suckin' and tomorrow's lookin' bad
Who knew today was the only thing I had?
What?
What?
I could hear you.
I was, uh...
Hospital food
Want some hospital food
Hospital food
Delicious hospital food
In your tribute album to the world you must never forget
To sing the one about the cat who's always gettin' wet
He's always got a problem, he's a very bitter dude
And now he's complaining 'bout his hospital food
Hospital food
It's gonna help the medicine go down
Want some hospital food
Gonna take a walk without a sound
A little hospital food
Helps the spoonful of sugar come up
I want some hospital food
In your blender and in my cup
Hospital food
Hospital food
Hospital food
Hospital food
I personally think this song is about the dangers of life, you can be in hospital before you know. Aparantly E had had a bad experience with the food in the hospital or something. But that doesn't matter. I just think this song is great and the live-version ever greater. It so easy and simple, just bass, drum and djembe. I especially love the part when Butch starts screaming and shouting and E says very dry, "Butch" ('what?') "i can hear you!" ('uhoho'). Just great. Man i love that bassline
please forgive me if i keep on smiling
Hospital food tends to be pretty gross...
I doubt this song is mainly about Mr. E's bad experience with hospital food. Try being cracked in the face by a couple of street thugs. He writes about that an awful lot-- Jungle Telegraph, Bus Stop Boxer..
eels are kickin'.
it's about a mental hospital.
I don't know why, but this song makes me laugh and feel good. I just love it's jazzy feel, and then that high-pitched falsetto. My favorite's when he adds in "Delicious Hospital Food" in the first chorus.
I think it just means that no matter what you do, bad shit is gonna happen, but don't let that make you not enjoy life. Here today, gone tomorrow. You should live it up, because at any given moment you could be stuck in a hospital eating their dry turkey and pasty potatoes.
I agree with m D t on the meaning. I think it's about not letting the anxiety about the future or any shittiness in life get you down. Hospital food tastes bad (from what I hear, I've never actually ever had some), so E is just singing, endure the hospital food, it ain't that bad. Take life in stride and don't worry about the future.
it'd be interesting if someone wrote a song that was simply about a bad experience with hospital food. no deeper meaning, just bad food. :-D
It's about realising that whatever you do in life you could be eating hospital food when you least expect it. Bass and drums are cool in this song...also a main part of life :)