Sister Morphine lyrics

Artist  : Marianne Faithfull 
Song : Sister Morphine
 
Here I lie in my hospital bed,
Tell me, sister morphine, when are you coming
round again.
Oh, I don’t think I can wait that long,
Oh, you see I’m not that strong.

The scream of the ambulance is sounding in my
ears.
Tell me, sister morphine, how long have I been
lying here ? 
What am I doing in this place ? 
Why does the doctor have no face ? 
Oh, I can’t crawl across the floor.
Can’t you see, sister morphine, I’m just trying
to score.

Well, it just goes to show things are not what
they seem.
Please, sister morphine, turn my nightmare into
dreams.
Oh, can’t you see I’m fading fast
And that this shot will be my last.

Sweet cousin cocaine, lay your cool hands on my
head.
Hey, sister morphine, you’d better make up my
bed
For you know and I know in the morning I’ll be
dead,
And you can sit around and you can watch the
clean white sheets stain red.