Country Doctor Lyrics - The Essential Bruce Hornsby - Bruce Hornsby

Deep down in the south county 

Over where the paper mill runs 

Lived a man, a young country doctor 

With the perfect wife and sons 

Well he worked his days 

And Sundays he'd pray 

And nobody knew 

Why the wife slowly withered away 

I saw the country doctor 

To ask him what was wrong with me 

He was caught unaware, accidental and devil may care 

Behind the curtain I see, two shadows in front of me 

Oh, nobody know the trouble I've seen 

My guess, there was another woman 

And with the kids and the money was a lot to lose 

He said, "She had an rare affliction 

And he was doing all he could do" 

And we all believed him 

Felt so sorry and then 

I thought once he was a fine man 

Now I don't remember when 

Well I saw the country doctor 

To ask him what was wrong with me 

Was caught unaware, accidental and devil may care 

Behind the curtain I see, bottles unmarked in front of me 

Whoa nobody knows the trouble I've seen 

I saw the country doctor 

In a place he didn't see me way out in the middle of the night 

Where he thought mo one could see 

Over there in the parlor room, making eyes hands roaming free 

Someone soon must know, the trouble I've seen 

Did you think about the young ones 

One day they'll know it was you 

And if they let you off one day 

Who then will you turn to 

And my wife remembers one thing 

She said, "I remember kind of strangely 

At a friends wedding one time 

It was a look that he gave me"