The Last Session - Preacher and the Nurse Lyrics

1997 Off-Broadway
The Last Session - Preacher and the Nurse Lyrics

The song is written by Steve Schalchlin.

The preacher stood in front of the church he built
And he said, I'm leavin'
I love you all but I barely finished high school
And now you've grown much larger
You need someone who's smarter
Been to college, knows the language

There must have been a legion of the people
He helped save
He fed the poor and he helped the sick and the dying

It's nice to have some knowledge
But you don't learn in college
How to treat people
How to love people

And I thought the preacher made a mistake that day
'Cause I think the people needed him to stay

The preacher and the nurse
Always giving more
The preacher and the nurse had an open door

And I know I could do worse
Than to be just like
The Preacher and the Nurse

The nurse would play the piano
And teach the ladies in the church
She couldn't bear to leave but they were tired

The preacher had to slumber
Underneath the lumber
Building the church house
Guarding the church house
'Cause they knew the town had thieves that prowled the night
And they wanted to just to build their house of light

The preacher and the nurse
Always giving more
The preacher and the nurse had an open door

And I know I could do worse
Than to be just like
The Preacher and the Nurse

We packed and moved to Texas
To a little bitty town
The nurse worked at the clinic
In her starched white nurse's gown
The people in the new church
Were the happiest of all
'Cause the preacher and the nurse had heard their call

I know I'll never be the kind of man my father was
But I always try to help when people need me
I cannot bear the crying
Of people who lay dying
I have to help them
I need to help them
But I barely have the strength of just one man
So I write my songs and do the best I can

The preacher and the nurse
Live inside of me
The preacher and the nurse taught me to see
And I know I could do worse
(never gonna do better)
Than to be just like
The preacher and the nurse

I am the preacher.
I am the nurse.

[The Preacher and the Nurse copyright 1996 by See No Evil/Lil Shack O Tunes ASCAP]


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SYNOPSIS
Save Me a Seat
Preacher and the Nurse
Somebody's Friend
The Group
Going It Alone
At Least I Know What's Killing Me
Friendly Fire
Connected
One More Song
When You Care