Lady Godiva's Operation Lyrics - Fatima Mansions

(Lyrics / Music--Lou Reed) Published by MGM Music 

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("Get your fingers in.") 

Lady Godiva, dressed so demurely 

pats the head of another curly-haired boy 

A spurting pink toy 

Sick with silence, she weeps sincerely 

Saying words that have all so clearly been said ("You will do--") 

so long ago ("--what I tell you.") 

[...] 

Here today now and dipped in the water 

Making love to every poor daughter's son 

Isn't it fun? 

"Doctor is coming," the nurse thinks SWEETLY 

Turning on the machines that NEATLY PUMPS AIR 

("Make the incision at the base of the skull.") 

The body lies bare 

("I want you to think of me as someone you can come to with your problems.") 

Shaved and hairless, what once was SCREAMING 

now lies silent and almost sleeping 

The brain must have got away 

Strapped securely to the white table 

Beneath the gauze the body will wither and writhe 

underneath the white light 

Doctor arrives with knife and baggage 

Sees the growth as just so much cabbage ("Take the bone saw--") 

that must now be cut away ("--and cut around the perimeter.") 

Now comes the moment of great, great decision 

Doctor is making the first incision 

One goes here and one goes there 

"Ether tubes are leaking", says someone who's sloppy 

Patient, it seems, is not so well sleeping 

The screams echo up the hall 

Don't panic, someone give him pentathol instantly 

Doctor removes the blade cagily so from the brain 

By my count of ten--the head won't move 

("And there you have it, ladies and gentlemen--the human brain.") 

Haaaaa!! Here we go, everybody!! 

All you fucking bastards!! Yeah!! Haha!! 

Oh, oh, Lady Godiva 

My queen of the killing floor 

Oh, oh, Lady Godiva 

[...?] in a butcher store 

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