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 that my pain is so stro--ong.
All the other patients say they've never seen a man with such pain,
Tell me, sister morphine, when are you coming round again?
Oh, I don't think I can wait that long,
Oh, you see that I'm not that stro-ong.
The scream of the ambulance is soundin' in my ear,
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 frosty floor,
Can't you see, sister morphine, 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 the last,
Please, cousin cocaine, lay your cool hands on my head,
Hey, sister morphine, you'd better make up the lyin' bed,
'Cause you know and I know, in the morning I'll be dead,
And you can sit around and watch, the clean white sheets stain red.