the night that i stayed in the hospital

the night that i stayed in the hospital
now there's gotta be a story in that
somewhere, in the blood tests, and the stretchers, and stethescopes
and gowns that flew open at the back

but i can't think of anything that happened
there was lots of just sitting around
and thinking, and watching, and wondering about
the results, and what had they found?

and my mother, oh she was quite worried
because nobody knew just where i had gone to
the night that i stayed in the hospital
was something i just had to go through

and i guess that i thought about you
but that's nothing out of the ordinary
the chair that sat empty, in the corner, was calling out your name
and i think that i called it out too

i was scared all night to roll over
just like anytime you're in the bed
cause i don't want to wake you, or steal all the blankets
but tonight it was the i.v. beside me instead

it was like some really bad hotel
i guess they treated me pretty well
and the smell
of the bandages
reminded me of being a kid
again

they can't seem to find what's wrong inside
but that's nothing that i couldn't already see
the night that i stayed in the hospital
really took the life out of me