I need an operation.
Take me to a hospital
'Cause there's too much blood lost to tell
If I'll make it out alive.
My body's got a war inside.
The bossy nurse, I talked her
Into getting a new doctor.
Someone who cares about me,
Makes sense,
Someone with patience for his patients.

I need an OP-ER-A-TION
Oh Lord please operate
I need an OP-ER-A-TION
Renew the pride, extract the hate.
Bring the color back into my cheeks
'Cause my flesh is wrong
And my spirit's weak.

I need a room for this emergency.
The ER would suit me perfectly,
With tubes and needles stuck into me.
I'm on an envoy, turn inside me
I think my life just passed me by.
20 years, an ugly sight.
But God was there through thin and thick.
So much that it makes me sick.

I need an OP-ER-A-TION
Oh Lord please operate
I need an OP-ER-A-TION
Renew the pride, extract the hate.
Bring the color back into my cheeks
'Cause my flesh is wrong
And my spirit's weak.