"A Case of a Derelict Heart Mended"

[ateolf]

[finally finished the lyrics for this...as they've been half-finished for a few weeks or so...and finally gave it a title...we've been calling it "the surgery room song"...]

Lying on the table
in the surgery room
There is a surgeon standing there
he has a scalpel in one hand
It will be used to cut my chest open
he has a flashlight in the other hand
It will allow him to see my heart
he sees just where he is cutting
It is very good this way
he is not likely to mess up
There are nurses helping him out
they're very good at what they do
They went to school for a long time
even longer for the surgeon
He already knows what he must do
he even gave my diagnosis
Everything is so dark
when you're under anesthetics
But if it was not this way
the operation would hurt me a lot

Open heart surgery
it's so very good for me

Now the surgeon holds my heart in his hand
he is going to fix it up well
He affixes platic tubes to it
they run out in all directions
My blood is going to pump so good now
it will flow with the upmost ease
Oxygen will get to all of my cells
there will be no atrophy for me
Lying on my own bed
in the recovery room
There is a nurse bringing a tray
it has some food for me on it
As my body heals itself
I will slowly get better
And soon they will let me go home
and take 3 pills a day for 6 weeks
It is very good this way
that I did not die
It is always better to be better
and a heart is an important thing