Dear Doctor Lyrics
There's a pain where there once was a heart
It's sleepin, it's a beatin'
Can't ya please tear it out, and preserve it
Right there in that jar?
Its today that's the day of the plunge
Oh the gal I'm to marry
Is a bow-legged sow
I've been soakin up drink like a sponge
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
There's a pain where there once was a heart
I'm sleepin, it's a beatin
Can't ya please tear it out, and preserve it
Right there in that jar?
There's a pain where there once was a heart
It's sleepin, it's a beatin'
Can't ya please tear it out, and preserve
Right there in that jar?
It had creases as sharp as a knife
I put the ring in my pocket
But there was a note
And my heart jumped it jumped into my mouth
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."
You can put back my heart in its hole
Oh mamma, I'm cryin
Tears of relief
And my pulse is now under control
I wonder if the lyrics "down in Virginia with your cousin Lou" could be a misprint, if she's run off with his cousin, then his name would be Luke as southerners aren't known to name men Lou, not even as a nickname?
Funny song...classic! C'mon more posts!
Middle-class Hillbilly Mick Jagger tries to dull the pain of his wedding day with alcohol. Suddenly he gets a last minute reprieve. May as well have another drink then! I love the drunken sloppy feel to this song.
I have to agrre with both of you. This song puts you completely into new shoes. God, i love how lazy and drunk and sloppy it sounds. And i do agree completely, more more posts!!
this starts the studio peak of the Stones IMOP 68-72
The live peak for the band is a touch later 71-73. That was once Mick TAYLOR got more comfortable to play like only he could.
Brilliant lyrics,,,,,,a touch like Fool in the Rain. an interesting story. Nothing brilliant or life shaping but just a real nice (well not sure if Nice fits) but it's a great story.
The Coen Brothers should do a movie using this song as a script.
True, 68-72, Beggars to Exiles. It was a great time for them.
I love this song man and I agree about the slopiness but it's awesome a winner off of Beggar's
i love this song...its funny with great lyrics at the same time
Love the falsetto at the end - "DOWN in Virginia with your cousin Lou"! Cracks me up. Jagger taking the mick.
I agree with all previous posts... especially the one that suggested a movie be based on this awesome song. Haha! Stones are simply great. They can play any kind of music and make it great.