Nurses Lament Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
I [G]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]haps a [G]dress designer,
Or how about a hostess
on a luxury airliner?
But she didn't know
I already had a [C]taste for finer things
Like [G]Cadillacs, expensive clothes,
[D]mink coats,
[G]and diamond rings
So I said, Mother, when I grow up,
I know what [C]I'm gonna be
I de[G]cided just the other night
from a story on TV
It was about this nurse
who helped a doctor
[C]save somebody's life
[G]The doctor was a millionaire,
and the nurse became his wife
They lived happily ever after
and [C]I said that's for me
[G]I'll be a nurse and have my fling
and wed some rich MD and now [Gm]I'm[G][Gm]
[G]Fal[D]len[G] arches back strain sore feet
and burgos veins every
day an[D]other gray [G]hair.
Oh, yes, [Gm]I'm s[G]om[Gm]ebody[G]'s wife.[D]
I'd gladly [G]trade this bedpan
[C]for a he -man.
[G]It's time I got some [C]special [G]care.
About the time I finished
high school,
[C]I received a bro[G]chure one day.
It told about the glamour,
opportunities, high pay,
not to mention all those parties,
social [C]life and entertaining.
And [G]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]thing for sure.
[G]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]on my [G]nerves.
My roommate borrowed all my clothes
she was [C]three sizes bigger than me
but [G]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]they had a little [G]ce remony in our rooms
for those of us on probation.
And now I'm tired [Gm]of t[G]his life,
to heck with [Gm]all t[G]his toil and s[D]trife.
Cause [G]I've got fallen arches,
back strains, sore feet,
and Virgo's veins.
Every day another [D]gray [G]hair.
Oh yes, I'm [Gm]tired [G]of this life.
I want to [Gm]be s[G]omebody's wi[D]fe.
I'd [G]gladly trade this
bedpan [C]for a he -man,
[G]it's time I got some [C]special [G]care.
Well, I've been out of school now 14 years
and I've come to one conclu[C]sion.
Those [G]ideas that I used to have,
all were just illusion.
On that high pay that I've
been [C]getting,
I keep going further in debt.
And [G]hearing a surgeon rant and rave,
how glamorous can you get?
And whenever we have a party,
I'm on [C]the third ship without fail.
So while everyone [G]else is having a blast,
I'm drinking ginger ale.
I gave up the [C]idea a long time [G]ago
of marrying [C]a millionaire,
[G]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]to a patient of the opposite [G]sex,
they all turn out to be 80 years old,
flat -broken, physical wrecks.
So here I am, getting older every [C]day,
and though I'm [G]not antique,
I'm beginning to [D]feel
my [G]sex appeal
is almost past its peak.
That's why I'm [C]tired [Gm]of th[G]is life
Too heck with [Gm]all [G]this toil and strife
[D]Cause I've got fal[G]len arches,
back strains, sore feet,
and Burko's veins
Every day an[D]other grey [G]hair
Oh yes, I'm [C]tired [Gm]of t[G]his life
I want to [Gm]be someb[G]ody's wi[D]fe
I'd [C]gladly [G]trade this
bedpan [C]for a he -man
[G]It's time I got some [C]special [G]care.
It's time I got some [C]special [G]care.[C]
Special care.
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