Three Doctors Lyrics

You know, my life was fairly normal

Until I couldn't breathe

I don't know how I got here

Or when they'll let me leave

I feel just like an inmate

Without pardon or reprieve

And who knows what hocus-pocus

They might still have up their sleeves

My doctor's got no patience

I know 'cause we've conferred

We're playin' twenty questions

I can't tell if I've been heard

And this latest diagnosis

Just seems patently absurd

I think I need a fresh opinion

And I just might want a third

I've got three doctors at my bedside

Six icy eyes at my bed

And this can't be a good sign

With those buzzards 'round my head

The first doc says that I'm dying

The second one pronounces me dead

And the third one says I'm not long for this world

With those buzzards 'round my head

I'm on the last legs of a short ride

I'm on the downslope with my eyes wide

You know, the road to my extinction

Was a tortured, twisted thing

With only hints and guesses

As to what my luck might bring

And on the way I chanced to meet

A peasant, priest and king

As they danced their sad, reminding dirge

Of death's sure, final sting

You know, my life has been contracted

To the four walls of this room

Don't know what still awaits me

Or for what I'm being groomed

Don't know how many threads

I still have hangin' from the loom

I can't see beyond my nose

But I can smell the scent of doom

I've got three doctors at my bedside

Six icy eyes at my bed

And this can't be a good sign

With those buzzards 'round my head

The first doc says that I'm dying

The second one pronounces me dead

And the third one says I'm not long for this world

With those buzzards 'round my head

I'm on a fast track to the twelve gates

I've been checked through by the Three Fates

I've got three doctors at my bedside

Six icy eyes at my bed

And this can't be a good sign

With those buzzards 'round my head

The first doc says that I'm dying

The second one pronounces me dead

And the third one says I'm not long for this world

With those buzzards 'round my head