"Lady with the Lamp"
From the album Carry On (Shanachie 8019)
I don't mind, please don't misunderstand
I know the score of war.
A soldier's life is give and give
And then they ask for more.
Walking on the picket line
Where my comrades fell,
Holding up the thin-red-line
In the shot and shell.
The lady with the lamp,
You know she understands.
The lady with the lamp,
She's the soldiers' friend.
I don't mind the blistering heat,
I think I can endure.
It's freezing cold and I can't feel my feet
Well, that's the hell of war.
I never thought about the big red wound
When I saw my comrades fall.
Now I'm in this cold and lonely room
Wondering if I'll live at all.
The lady with the lamp,
You know she understands.
The lady with the lamp,
She's the soldiers' friend.
First they use us
And then they throw us away.
Only Miss Nightingale
Knows the price that we pay,
The lady with the lamp.
Excuse me please, a cup of tea,
I've such a terrible thirst.
Would you please come and sit with me,
I feel it's come to the worst.
Write my mother that I love her so,
I can't seem to hold the pen.
Take this keep-sake and send it home,
To those I'll never see again.
The lady with the lamp,
You know she understands.
The lady with the lamp,
She's the soldiers' friend.
She will hold his hand,
Stay with him to the end.
You know she understands,
She's the soldier's friend.
Copyright © 1994 by Alkatraz Corner Music, BMI, renewed 1996
"Thank the Nurse"
1. Doctors and Physicians diagnose and prescribe.
Surgeons can operate but they don't save your life.
For when the fever's burning, who helps you through the night
Gives you medication and checks your vital signs?
When you wake up in recovery who's right there by your side?
With a smile and reassurance, restoring your self-pride.
CHORUS:
Thank the Nurse that's nursing you.
The one that nursed you through.
Thank the Nurse that's nursing you,
For saving your life....for saving your life..
For SAVING YOUR LIFE!
2. Oh, the Doctor is important of that we can't deny.
But when you get down to it, the Nurse keeps you alive.
The one who cleans your body and bandages your wounds.
The one who makes your bed, gives you medicine and food.
Helps you through contractions, until the pain subsides.
Encourage you to make it 'till you hear your baby cry!
CHORUS:
Thank the Nurse that's nursing you.
The one that nursed you through.
Thank the Nurse that's nursing you
For saving your life....for saving your life...
For SAVING YOUR LIFE!
3. When you're sick and convalescing you're seldom in the mood
To pay attention to the one attending you.
So full of rack and worry you think you'll lose your mind.
You survived the accident but all your friends have died.
When the orderly is sleeping and physician can't be found
No need for apprehension a nurse is making rounds!
CHORUS:
Thank the Nurse that's nursing you.
The one that nursed you through.
Thank the Nurse that's nursing you
For saving your life....for saving your life...
For SAVING YOUR LIFE!
Copyright © 1997 by Country Joe McDonald