My face is burning
My back is freezing
If I turn over it’ll be reverse
I didn’t give up smoking
I gave up breathing
The breathing was so much worse
When you’re sick in bed
And your temperature’s high
You do so much thinkin’
And you don’t even try
Better write it all down
Before you forget
Before your dreams get washed
Away in your sweat
Oh babe I’m real
Sick sick sick
My brains they feel
Six feet thick
Oh I’m so sick it feels like an overload
I can’t go to sleep when I feel like I’m going to explode
My ear is on fire
My lips get dryer
As my fever gets higher
(Oh babe I’m so sick)
My bones are aching
My hands are quaking
The heat isn’t breaking
(Oh babe I’m so sick)
My tubes are so congested
My system’s so infested
I just can’t get rested
(Oh babe I’m so sick)
I can’t think straight
I can’t concentrate
Every little sound grates
(Oh babe I’m so sick)
When you’re sick in bed
With so much more than a cold
You get so stopped up
Your life is on hold
I’m hot as hell
Sick sick sick
I better get well
Quick quick quick
My insides go
Tick tick tick
Oh babe I’m so
Sick sick sick
I’m so ill I got chills all the pills don’t seem to help me
I’m so beat I can’t eat and the heat is gonna melt me
©2024 The Hesh Inc.
This one goes back to my army years. There are few things worse, when you're generally healthy, than being ill when you're stuck on base and you pretty much have to get through it yourself. This happened several times during the second half of my service. In reality, though, it probably felt more the way I described in the lyrics than it actually was.