[Verse 1]
I dare not cough
Nor breathe deep
There's been a pain in my chest
For nearly a week

I wanna be famous
For falling in love
I wanna be famous
For falling in love

[Chorus]
I went to the hospital
They put me in a bed
Because I always do
What my mother says
Why should I lie
About results of a test?

[Verse 2]
I may soon be gone
To pluck on a harp
Like those colored pencil portraits of dogs
We saw on a blue tarp

But I spotted a damsel
If memory serves
I spotted a damsel
If memory serves
[Chorus 2]
I went to the hospital
They put me in a bed
Because I always do
What my mother says
Why should I lie
About results of a test?

[Verse 3]
So who is your provider?
And where'd you get that bread?
Is it dying that terrifies you?
Or just being dead?

We are living
In an era of kings
We are living
In an era of kings

[Chorus]
I went to the hospital
They put me in a bed
Because I always do
What my mother says
Why should I lie
About results of a test?