Beth Ditto

Open Heart Surgery Lyrics



I'll open up if you make an incision

I'll do right by you

All I ask is your care and precision

And maybe I could pull through

You could have saved me if you only knew better

But you so carelessly

Took me apart and put me back together

Open heart surgery



I was fine at first now I assume the worst

When I could overhear

The repercussions of a sad discussion

Another girl in tears

I could have saved her if I only knew better

But you so carelessly

Took her apart and put her back together

Open heart surgery



If guys like you and girls like me

Are really dime-a-dozen

Then why are we in such a high demand?

My mother says it's just a shame

You don't come around too often

Even she's begun to understand



Just let me know what you are thinking

I'll find a way to get along somehow

Just let me go don't leave me hanging

Whoa-wo, please don't fail me now

Just take it slow don't make me suffer

I'm on the verge of an emergency

The final blow wil make me tougher

Until then you will always be

A danger to me



We should have listened to our intuition

But we knew all too well

In addition to all our suspicions

Only time could tell

With friends like you I get confused

Who needs enemies

We've been here too many times before

Open heart surgery



If guys like you and girls like me

Are really dime-a-dozen

Then why are we in such a high demand?

My mother says it's just a shame

You don't come around too often

Even she's begun to understand



Just let me know what you are thinking

I'll find a way to get along somehow

Just let me go don't leave me hanging

Whoa-wo, please don't fail me now

Just take it slow don't make me suffer

I'm on the verge of an emergency

The final blow wil make me tougher

Until then you will always be

A danger to me

A danger to me

A danger to me

A danger to me