Like A Surgeon

by Al Yankovic


NOTE: The "Truth Or Dare" Version has the same lyrics with remixed background music to coincide with the remix of Madonna's "Like A Virgin". The "Truth Or Dare" Version is the version Al currently performs in concert.

Lyrics:

I finally made it through med school
Somehow I made it through
I'm just an intern
I still make a mistake or two

I was last in my class
Barely passsed at the institute
Now I'm trying to avoid, yah I'm trying to avoid
A malpractise suit

Hey, like a surgeon
Cuttin' for the very first time
Like a surgeon
Organ transplants are my line

Better give me all your gause nurse
This patient's fading fast
Complications have set in
Don't know how long he'll last

Let me see, that I.V.
Here we go - time to operate
I'll pull his indsides out, pull his insides out
And see what he ate

Like a surgeon, hey
Cuttin' for the very first time
Like a surgeon
Here's a waiver for you to sign

Woe, woe, woe

It's a fact - I'm a quack
The disgrace of the A.M.A.
'Cause my patients die, yah my patients die
Before they can pay

Like a surgeon, hey
Cuttin' for the very first time
Like a surgeon
Got your kidneys on my mind

Like a surgeon, ooh like a surgeon
When I reach inside
With my scalpel, and my forceps, and retractors
Oh oh, oh oh, woe, oh

Ooh baby, yah
I can hear your heartbeat
For the very last time



Like A Surgeon is the first (1st) song on the "Dare To Be Stupid" album and the third (3rd) song on the Greatest Hits, Vol. 1" album and the third (3rd) song on disc 2 of "Al-In-The-Box" . The "Truth Or Dare" version is, as of yet, officially unreleased. It is a parody of "Like a Virgin" by Madonna with new lyrics by "Weird Al"Yankovic.

The music video of Like A Surgeon is located on "Weird Al" Yankovic - The Videos (DVD) and on "Weird Al" Yankovic - Video Library (VHS).

A live performance of Like A Surgeon ("Truth Or Dare" Version) is located on "Weird Al" Yankovic - Live! (DVD) and on "Weird Al" Yankovic - Live! (VHS).

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