Edit (take III) for headphones, March 2021 edit. To enjoy the song more intensely. Source of this version is on the bootleg album "Collector Treasures 1968-1974" by Wonderland Records" WLR SF 6874 (cd 2 track 11). This album's version has a nice & clear double-bass sound.
Recorded May 13 - 23, 1968. Official version was released on the album "Beggars Banquet" in 1968.
Guitars: Brian Jones(?) & Keith Richards & Dave Mason. Harmonica: Brian Jones (?) or Mick Jagger(?). Lead vocals: Mick Jagger. Double-bass: Bill Wyman. Drums: Charlie Watts. Background vocals: Mick Jagger & Keith Richards. Piano: Nicky Hopkins.
DEAR DOCTOR
(Jagger/Richards)
oh help me, please doctor, I'm damaged
there's a pain where there once was a heart
it's sleepin, it's a beatin'
can't ya please tear it out,
and preserve it right there in that jar?
oh help me, please mama, I'm sick'ning
it's today that's the day of the plunge
oh the gal I'm to marry
is a bow-legged sow
I've been soakin' up drink like a sponge
"don't ya worry, get dressed," cried my mother
as she plied me with bourbon so sour
pull your socks up, put your suit on
comb your long hair down
for you will be wed in the hour
so help me, please doctor, I'm damaged
there's a pain where there once was a heart
I'm sleepin, it's a beatin'
can't ya please take it out, and preserve it
right there in that jar?
oh help me, please doctor, I'm damaged
there's a pain where there once, was a heart
it's sleepin, it's a beatin'
can't ya please tear it out, and preserve it
right there in that jar?
I was tremblin', as I put on my jacket
it had creases as sharp as a knife
I put the ring in my pocket
but there was a note
and my heart it jumped into my mouth
it read, "darlin', I'm sorry to hurt you,
but I have no courage to speak to your face
but I'm down in Virginia with your cousin Lou
there'll be no wedding today."
so help me, please doctor, I'm damaged
you can put back my heart in its hole
oh mama, I'm cryin' tears of relief
and my pulse is now under control
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