Song title: Lady and the doctor
Lady and the doctor - Laurel Canyon 1
The lady keeps the doctor in a place inside her pocket
In a circle made of silver like a wheel
The doctor gives her strange love, and the lady she don't knock it
She's glad to get a piece of anything
Because the lady needs the medicine he brings
And the doctor needs the lady to see
Well the doctor keeps the lady in a page in a book
On the history of communicable disease
The lady's she went to school, she lets the doctor play it cool
He writes the script, she follows his lead
Because the doctor writes a love story so fine
And the lady's learned to read between his lines
Sometimes.......
Well the doctor he takes housecalls where he visits the animals
In their stalls, shoots them full of juice and then goes home
The lady hits the supermart where she rides the aisles in a shopping cart
'Till she feels she's played enough of the part to get by ohhhhhhh
But the lady feels its enough to just be good
But the doctor has this need to be understood
Well the doctor feels he's so abused and the lady feels she's so unused
She demands the doctor tend her daily parts
But the doctor just can't do it whoa because the lady
Blew it, she's too old now to make another start
And the lady feels the doctor's made of stone
But the doctor's heart, it just ain't fond of home Notes:
First take from the Laurel canyon demos
Lady and the doctor - Laurel Canyon 2
The lady keeps the doctor in a place inside her pocket
The circle made her silver like a wheel
The doctor gives a strange love, but the lady she don't knock it
She's glad to get a piece of anything
Because the lady needs the medicine he brings
The doctor needs the lady to see
The doctor keeps the lady in a page in a book
On the history of communicable disease
The lady's been to school, she lets the doctor play it cool
He writes the script, she follows his lead
'Cause the doctor writes a love story so fine
The lady's learned to read between his lines
Sometimes.......
The doctor he takes housecalls where he visits the animals
In their stalls, shoots them full of juice and then goes home
The lady hits the supermart where she rides the aisles in a shopping cart
'Till she feels she's played enough of the part to get by ohh
The lady feels its enough to just be good
But the doctor has this need to be understood
The doctor feels he's so abused and the lady feels she's so unused
And demands the doctor tends her daily parts
Ooh, but the doctor he just can't do it because so long ago the lady
Blew it, they're too old now to make another start
The lady feels the doctor's made of stone
The doctor's heart, it just ain't fond of home Notes:
"Before the fame" take
Lady and the doctor - Outtake
The lady keeps the doctor in a place inside her pocket
The circle made of silver like a wreath
The doctor gives the strange love but the lady she don't knock it
Cause she's glad to get a piece of anything
Cause the lady needs the medicine he brings
And the doctor needs the lady to see
The doctor keeps the lady in a page in a book
on the history of communicable disease
The lady's been to school, she lets the doctor play it cool
He writes the script, she follows his lead
'Cause the doctor writes a love story so fine
The lady's learned to read between the lines
Sometime
The doctor, he takes house calls where he visits the animals in their stalls shoots them full of juice and then goes home.
The lady hits the supermart where she rides the aisles in a shopping cart
'till she feels she's played enough of the part to set by ooh,
The lady feels its enough to just be good
But the doctor has his need to be understood
The doctor feels he's so abused and the lady feels she's so unused
and demands the doctor tends her daily farce
Oh, but the doctor just can't do it
cause long ago the lady blew it And they're too old now to make another start
The lady feels the doctor's made of stone
But the doctor's heart, it just ain't found a home
This song has never been published on any official release.
Never played in regular set.
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database
Recorded for the Laurel Canyon / London Publishing demos, then recorded again during the Greetings / Wild sessions in 1972-73
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database