Country Doctor

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 on 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

Whoa, nobody knows 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 a 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

He 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 where he didn't see me

Way out in the middle of the night

Where he thought no 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 friend's wedding one time

It was a look that he gave me."