Cole Porter
Cole Porter - The Physician lyrics
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Verse Once I loved such a shattering physician, Quite the best-looking doctor in the state. He looked after my physical condition, And his bedside manner was great. When I'd gaze up and see him there above me, Looking less like a doctor than a Turk, I was tempted to whisper, "Do you love me, Or do you merely love your work?" Refrain 1 He said my bronchial tubes were entrancing, My epiglottis filled him with glee, He simply loved my larynx And went wild about my pharynx, But he never said he loved me. He said my epidermis was darling, And found my blood as blue as could be, He went through wild ecstatics, When I showed him my lymphatics, But he never said he loved me. And though, no doubt, It was not very smart of me, I kept on a-wracking my soul To figure out Why he loved ev'ry part of me, And yet not me as a whole. With my esophagus he was ravished, Enthusiastic to a degree, He said 'twas just enormous, My appendix vermiformis, But he never said he loved me. Refrain 2 He said my cerebellum was brilliant, And my cerebrum far from N.G., I know he though a lotta My medulla oblongata, But he never said he loved me. He said my maxillaries were marvels, And found my sternum stunning to see, He did a double hurdle When I shook my pelvic girdle, But he never said he loved me. He seemed amused When he first made a test of me To further his medical art, Yet he refused When he'd fix up the rest of me, To cure that ache in my heart. I know he thought my pancreas perfect, And for my spleen was keen as could be, He said of all his sweeties, I'd the sweetest diabetes, But he never said he loved me. Refrain 3 He said my vertebrae were "sehr schone," And called my coccyx "plus que gentil," He murmured "molto bella," When I sat on his patella, But he never said he loved me. He took a fleeting look at my thorax, And started singing slightly off key, He cried, "May Heaven strike us," When I played my umbilicus, But he never said he loved me. As it was dark, I suggested we walk about Before he returned to his post. Once in the park, I induced him to talk about The thing I wanted the most. He lingered on with me until morning, Yet when I tried to pay him his fee, He said, "Why, don't be funny, It is I who owe you money," But he never said he loved me.