The Needle Song

[kitkatz]

(Happy To Be) Stuck By You
(Carla Ulbrich) August, 2004 lyrics, Carla Ulbrich (music composed by Huey Lewis and the News)


My left arm for a good phlebotomist!
I needed   blood
They give it intravenously
After 4 tries
I told them to give up on me

They sent in someone else
But they were only student nurses
They need to practice somewhere else
Don’t use my arms to rehearse it

I have found I need the best
‘Cause my veins are small
You know what that’s like
You work in pediatrics

Yes, it's true I am happy to be stuck by you
Yes, it's true I'm so happy to be stuck by you
'Cause I can see that you know how to start an IV

I had my doubts
But I never took them seriously
The doctor pops in and out
Guess that’s the way it’s s'posed to be

All my veins were blowing out
They went to get some more Band-Aids
I thought about checking out
‘til you came in and saved the day

And it’s no great mystery
Why I changed my mind
As long as it’s you we can start the IV
Yes, it's true I am happy to be stuck by you
Yes, it's true I'm so happy to be stuck by you
'Cause I can see that you know how to start an IV

I have found I need the best
‘Cause my veins are small
You know what that’s like
You work in pediatrics

Yes, it's true, I am happy to be stuck by you
Yes, it's true, I'm so happy to be stuck by you
cause I can see that you know how to start an IV
© 2011 The Singing Patient (Carla)

[Jean]

Excellent!!!! 

[jbeany]

I beg for PIC lines - and they all insist they aren't necessary.  Grrrrrr.  So I get to be black and blue and kept awake for an hour for each blood draw!