Dear Doctor - 50th Anniversary Edition / Remastered 2018

Oh help me, please doctor, I'm damaged

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

Oh help me, please mama, I'm sick'nin'

It's today that's the day of the plunge

Oh, the gal I'm to marry is a bow-legged sow

I been soakin' up drink like a sponge

Don'tcha worry, get dressed, cried my mother

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

So help me, please doctor, I'm damaged

There's a pain where there once was a heart

I'm sleepin', it's beatin'

Can't ya please take it out

And preserve it right there in that jar (yup)

Oh help me, please doctor, I'm damaged

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

I was tremblin', as I put on my jacket

It had creases as sharp as a knife

I put the ring in my pocket, but there was a note

And my heart it jumped into my mouth

It read, darlin' I'm sorry to hurt you

But I've no courage to speak to your face

But I'm down in Virginia with your cousin Lou

There'll be no wedding today

So help me, please doctor, I'm damaged

You can put back my heart in its hole

Oh mama, I'm cryin' tears of relief

And my pulse is now under control (yup)