Oh Doctor Cifras

[Verse 1]
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Oh, I wish I was a doctor,
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Not a barroom troubador,
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I wish I had an office
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On the forty-second floor,
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Where ladies in the anteroom,
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So stylish and so pert,
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All wait their turn
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To tell me where they hurt.
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Oh, Doctor, hold my hand.
 
 
[Verse 2]
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Oh, Doctor, I ache all over.
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Oh, Doctor, you're so nice
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And you give such good advice,
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I don't even mind the price
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'Cause you're so grand.
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Oh, Doctor, hold my hand.
 
 
[Verse 3]
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Oh, Doctor, you're so sweet,
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With you on call a sickness is a treat.
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It could be psychosomatic,
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Caused by birdies in my attic,
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Still you make it so dramatic, I expand.
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Oh, Doctor, hold my hand.
 
 
[Verse 4]
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Oh, Doctor, I'm off my feed,
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I can hardly eat but three poor meals a day.
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I'd get back my appetite
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If you'd feed me day and night,
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Then I might endure a bite of something bland.
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Oh, Doctor, hold my hand.
 
 
[Verse 5]
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Oh, Doctor, I'm not well,
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Oh, Doctor, I've got a fever,
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It could be a mild infection
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That requires an injection--
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Streptomycin's what I mean, you understand.
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Oh, Doctor, hold my hand.
 
 
[Verse 6]
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Oh, Doctor, your pills are just too cute.
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I really don't know what I'd do without them.
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Some are scented with vanilla,
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I just keep them on my pilla,
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Or I wear them for a necklace on a band.
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Oh, Doctor, hold my hand.
 
 
[Verse 7]
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Oh, Doctor, write me a prescription,
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A little billet-doux from you to me.
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Call me back another day,
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I get well when I'm away;
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It's so boring being healthy, strong and tanned.
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Oh, Doctor, hold my hand.
 
 
[Verse 8]
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Oh, Doctor, I'm just low.
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Oh, Doctor, I need attention.
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If you think I need diversion,
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I could take a nice excursion
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Where the AMA convention's being planned,
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Cause I love to have a doctor hold my hand.
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