[00:06.920]Oh  help  me,please  doctor,I'm  damaged
[00:13.040]There's  a  pain  where  there  once  was  a  heart
[00:18.870]It's  sleepin,it's  a  beatin'
[00:21.800]Can't  ya  please  tear  it  out,and  preserve  it
[00:26.180]Right  there  in  that  jar?
[00:30.610]Oh  help  me,please  mama,I'm  sick'ning
[00:36.350]It's  today  that's  the  day  of  the  plunge
[00:42.110]Oh  the  gal  I'm  to  marry
[00:45.380]Is  a  bow-legged  sow
[00:47.710]I've  been  soakin'up  drink  like  a  sponge
[00:53.550]"Don't  ya  worry,get  dressed,"cried  my  mother
[00:59.139]As  she  plied  me  with  bourbon  so  sour
[01:04.778]Pull  your  socks  up,put  your  suit  on
[01:07.828]Comb  your  long  hair  down,
[01:10.480]For  you  will  be  wed  in  the  hour
[01:16.132]So  help  me,please  doctor,I'm  damaged
[01:21.900]There's  a  pain  where  there  once  was  a  heart
[01:27.552]I'm  sleepin,it's  a  beatin'
[01:30.602]Can't  ya  please  take  it  out,and  preserve  it
[01:34.471]Right  there  in  that  jar?
[01:44.861]Oh  help  me,please  doctor,I'm  damaged
[01:50.352]There's  a  pain  where  there  once  was  a  heart
[01:56.162]It's  sleepin,it's  a  beatin'
[01:59.111]Can't  ya  please  tear  it  out,and  preserve  it
[02:02.980]Right  there  in  that  jar?
[02:07.802]I  was  tremblin',as  I  put  on  my  jacket
[02:13.008]It  had  creases  as  sharp  as  a  knife
[02:18.658]I  put  the  ring  in  my  pocket
[02:21.758]But  there  was  a  note
[02:24.518]And  my  heart  it  jumped  into  my  mouth
[02:29.929]It  read,"Darlin',I'm  sorry  to  hurt  you.
[02:35.448]But  I  have  no  courage  to  speak  to  your  face.
[02:41.091]But  I'm  down  in  Virginia  with  your  cousin  Lou
[02:47.250]There  be  no  wedding  today."
[02:52.750]So  help  me,please  doctor,I'm  damaged
[02:58.500]You  can  put  back  my  heart  in  its  hole
[03:04.135]Oh  mama,I'm  cryin'
[03:07.039]Tears  of  relief
[03:09.988]And  my  pulse  is  now  under  control