Sister Morphine Lyrics - The Rolling Stones

1 Here I lie in my hospital bed

2 Tell me, Sister Morphine, when are you coming round again?

3 Oh, I don't think I can wait that long

4 Oh, you see that I'm not that strong

5 The scream of the ambulance is sounding in my ears

6 Tell me, Sister Morphine, how long have I been lying here?

7 What am I doing in this place?

8 Why does the doctor have no face?

9 Oh, I can't crawl across the floor

10 Ah, can't you see, Sister Morphine, I'm trying to score

11 Well it just goes to show

12 Things are not what they seem

13 Please, Sister Morphine, turn my nightmares into dreams

14 Oh, can't you see I'm fading fast?

15 And that this shot will be my last

16 Sweet Cousin Cocaine, lay your cool cool hand on my head

17 Ah, come on, Sister Morphine, you better make up my bed

18 'Cause you know and I know in the morning I'll be dead

19 Yeah, and you can sit around, yeah and you can watch all the

20 Clean white sheets stained red