Pain Humbles

I had no idea when I wrote this that one day I would confirm it.

PAIN HUMBLES

WHILE YOU ENDURE A STABBING PAIN

AND DOCTORS SEEK THE GERM GERMANE,

ALAS, IN VAIN, YOUR SPIRIT PLAINLY CRUMBLES.

PAIN HUMBLES.

YOU DISREGARD THAT YOU ARE ILL,

A PILLAR IN YOUR OWN MIND STILL.

BUT THERE'S NO PILL FOR WHEN A PILLAR TUMBLES.

PAIN HUMBLES.

YOU'RE OVERWEIGHT, THEY OPERATE;

YOU DEVIATE, THEY OPERATE;

YOU PALPITATE, THEY OPERATE.

YOU BET YOU…

THEY GET YOU.

‘THO YOU INSIST YOU'RE GETTING STRONG,

THE DOCTOR SAYS, “IT WON’T BE LONG"

‘CAUSE "W-WHAT WENT WRONG WENT R-REALLY WRONG!", HE FUMBLES.

PAIN HUMBLES.

PAIN HUMBLES...

PAIN HUMBLES.

IN SPITE OF ALL HIS HIGH IDEALS

A MAN IS ONLY HOW HE FEELS,

AND WHEN HE FEELS ON HIS LAST HEELS, HE GRUMBLES.

PAIN HUMBLES.

A RICH MAN MAY LUXURIATE

UNTIL HIS HEART BEATS FLUCTUATE,

THEN AT THE GATE OF HIS ESTATE HE STUMBLES.

PAIN HUMBLES.

WITHOUT A CURE, A MAN IS POOR;

THE CURE OBSCURE, A MAN IS POOR.

A TEMPERATURE, A MAN IS POOR.

YOU ADD IT –

YOU’VE HAD IT!

FROM ALL THAT CAKE, YOU'RE LEFT A CRUMB;

YOU NIBBLE IT AND DOWN YOU COME!

YOUR TEETH GO NUMB AND LO! YOUR STOMACH RUMBLES.

PAIN HUMBLES.

PAIN HUMBLES...

PAIN HUMBLES.

SO IF IT'S GOUT THAT GETS YOUR GOAT,

OR IF YOU'RE SMOTE BY STOMACH BLOAT,

FOR EVERY DOTE THERE'S AN ANTI-DOTE!

YOU FEEL IT,

I’LL HEAL IT!

I'LL MAKE THIS CLAIM AND MAKE IT STICK –

WHAT HURTS YOU HURTS ME TO THE QUICK!

I WRITHE WHEN SICK WITH PAIN A VICTIM MUMBLES

PAIN HUMBLES.

PAIN HUMBLES…

PAIN HUMBLES.

© FOXBOROUGH JR. MUSIC (ASCAP)

From "The Confidence Man," Music by Jim Steinman, Lyric by Ray Errol Fox.

Performed by Norbert Leo Butz. Original Cast Records. Pain_Humbles.mp3