Morphine Song

Album: Working Man's Cafe (2007)
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  • Listen to my heartbeat
    Yeah, all fall down someone help me off of the ground
    Listen to my heartbeat
    Yeah, all fall down someone help me off of the ground

    Nelson and Starr
    He's got ten grandkids, she's the third missus
    He grooves around intensive care, strutting his stuff
    He's got a perfect mullet hanging down his back
    And Starr walks in, gives a little wiggle
    Makes old Nelson grin
    He tucks me in, touches my feet
    "Hey buddy, you know you got a slow heartbeat"

    Listen to my heartbeat
    Yeah, listen to my heartbeat
    And the marching band plays along
    Plays the morphine song on the charity ward
    Yeah the marching band plays its song

    Yeah, all fall down someone help me off of the ground
    Yeah, all fall down someone help me off of the ground

    And opposite me Brenda the alkie coughs so deep
    It's the drugs and the drink
    It could happen to anyone
    Sure makes me think
    And the bed beside her is full of cables and leads
    Nobody visits, nobody grieves

    Listen to my heartbeat
    Yeah, listen to my heartbeat

    Nelson and Starr
    He's got ten grandkids, she's the third missus
    Starr takes some blood out of my arm
    Rolls me over just like that
    Listen to my heartbeat, slow but clean
    While Brenda the alkie looks so mean
    They wheel her out, she starts to cry
    "If I don't get better, I'm gonna die
    I'll go cold turkey till I'm clean
    I'll go to jail but you get the morphine"

    Listen to my heartbeat lalalala lalalala
    Yeah, listen to my heartbeat lalalala lalalala
    And the marching band song
    Plays in the morgue at the charity ward
    Yeah, the marching band plays its song

    Yeah, all fall down someone help me off of the ground
    Listen to my heartbeat
    Yeah, all fall down someone help me off of the ground Writer/s: RAY DAVIES
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
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