Page type: lyric reference
Artist: The White Stripes
Canonical path: /the-white-stripes/the-nurse
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The Nurse
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The Nurse
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The nurse should not be the one who puts salt in your wounds
But it's always with trust that the poison is fed with a spoon
When you're helpless with no one to turn to alone in your room
You would swear that the one who would care for you never would leave
She promised and said, "you will always be safe here with me"
But promises open the door to be broken to me
No i'm never, no i'm never, no i'm never gonna let you down now
No i'm never, no i'm never, no i'm never gonna let you down
No i'm never, no i'm never, no i'm never gonna let you down now
No i'm never, no i'm never, no i'm never gonna let you down
The maid that you've hired could never conspire to kill
She's to mother, not quietly smother you when you're most ill
The one that you're trusting suspiciously dusting the sill
No i'm never, no i'm never, no i'm never gonna let you down now
No i'm never, no i'm never, no i'm never gonna let you down
No i'm never, no i'm never, no i'm never gonna let you down now
No i'm never, no i'm never, no i'm never gonna let you down
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