Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

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Every so often I'll hear lyrics on songs on the radio that remind me of nursing... Here's a couple of examples I've heard on the radio recently, unfortunately I can't remember who sings either of 'em...:monkeydance:

"I am barely breathing, and I can't find the air..."

"I have become, comfortably numb..."

Anyone got any more?

And it came to me then

That every plan is a tiny prayer to Father Time

As I stared at my shoes in the ICU

That reeked of **** and 409

And I rationed my breaths as I said to myself

That I'd already taken too much today

As each descending peak on the LCD

Took you a little farther away from me

Away from me

Amongst the vending machines and year-old magazines

In a place where we only say goodbye

It stung like a violent wind that our memories depend

On a faulty camera in our minds

But I knew that you were a truth

I would rather lose than to have never lain beside at all

And I looked around at all the eyes on the ground

As the TV entertained itself

'Cause there's no comfort in the waiting room

Just nervous paces bracing for bad news

Then the nurse comes around and everyone lifts their head

But I'm thinking of what Sarah said

That love is watching someone die

So who's going to watch you die

So who's going to watch you die

So who's going to watch you die

I been working so hard

Keep punching my card

Eight hours, for what?

Oh, tell me what I got

I get this feeling

That time's just holding me down

I'll hit the ceiling

Or else I'll tear up this town

Tonight I gotta cut

Kenny Loggins-Footloose

I been working so hard

Keep punching my card

Eight hours, for what?

Oh, tell me what I got

I get this feeling

That time's just holding me down

I'll hit the ceiling

Or else I'll tear up this town

Tonight I gotta cut

Kenny Loggins-Footloose

Found this video about a year ago... makes me laugh everytime :yeah:

Specializes in IMCU.

Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right,

Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.

LOL!

Found this video about a year ago... makes me laugh everytime :yeah:

Whoops! Forgot to attach the link. Here it is...

Specializes in Obstetrics, Women's Health.

Casimire Pulaski Day - Sufjan Stevens

Goldenrod and the 4H stone

The things I brought you when I found out

You had cancer of the bone

Your father cried on the telephone

And he drove his car into the Navy yard

Just to prove that he was sorry

In the morning, through the window shade

When the light pressed up against your shoulderblade

I could see what you were reading

All the glory that the Lord has made

And the complications you could do without

When I kissed you on the mouth

Tuesday night at the Bible study

We lift our hands and pray over your body

But nothing ever happens

I remember at Michael's house

In the living room when you kissed my neck

And I almost touched your blouse

In the morning at the top of the stairs

When your father found out what we did that night

And you told me you were scared

All the glory when you ran outside

With your shirt tucked in and your shoes untied

And you told me not to follow you

Sunday night when I cleaned the house

I found the card where you wrote it out

With the pictures of you mother

On the floor at the great divide

With my shirt tucked in and my shoes untied

I am crying in the bathroom

In the morning when you finally go

And the nurse runs in with her head hung low

And the cardinal hits the window

In the morning in the winter shade

On the first of March, on the holiday

I thought I saw you breathing

All the glory that the Lord has made

And the complications when I see His face

In the morning in the window

All the glory when He took our place

But He took my shoulders and He shook my face

And He takes and He takes and He takes

Specializes in Community, OB, Nursery.

Ah, another Sufjan fan! There are so few people in this neck of the woods that have even heard of him, let alone like him. :)

Specializes in Obstetrics, Women's Health.
Ah, another Sufjan fan! There are so few people in this neck of the woods that have even heard of him, let alone like him. :)

Love him! and this song. It's one of my all-time favorites. Glad to know I'm not listening alone! :)

Specializes in ICU, CM, Geriatrics, Management.

From Paul McCa's "Band on the Run":

"If we ever get out of here..."

... after learning half-way through your shift your getting two admissions.

Aaaaarghhh!

Specializes in Surgical, quality,management.

this is the theme tune for an Aussie show but perfect for nursing as well. And is a cool song

Specializes in Spinal Cord injuries, Emergency+EMS.
Every so often I'll hear lyrics on songs on the radio that remind me of nursing... Here's a couple of examples I've heard on the radio recently, unfortunately I can't remember who sings either of 'em...:monkeydance:

"I am barely breathing, and I can't find the air..."

"I have become, comfortably numb..."

Anyone got any more?

comfortably numb is the first aid song - primary survery and history taking !

there's a song where's there's a line " you put the lime in the coconut ' which i initially misheard as as 'put a line in the coconut '

Specializes in Spinal Cord injuries, Emergency+EMS.

clowns to the left of me jokers to the right , here ii am stuck in the middle !

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