They had just wheeled me out of surgery
The procedure took a lot out of me
I was coming out of a groggy phase
I could feel the pain in a foggy haze

Blame it on the anesthesia I was not so dumb
Blame it on the anesthesia Comfortably numb
Oh, when it happened I was not too aware
But then it became a vivid nightmare
Blame it on the anesthesia
It just wore off

(Now was it the food?)
No, no, the anesthesia
(Or the lights above?)
No, no, the anesthesia
(Diethyl ether)
Yeah, yeah, the anesthesia
(It just wore off)

[Instrumental organ]

I'm laid up in the recovery room
And wish I could crawl inside a womb
And when the nurse makes her rounds says wassup
I'm gonna tell her that i want to throw up

Blame it on the anesthesia I was not so dumb
Blame it on the anesthesia Comfortably numb
Oh, when it happened I was not too aware
But then it became a vivid nightmare
Blame it on the anesthesia
It just wore off

(Now was it the food?)
No, no, the anesthesia
(Or the lights above?)
No, no, the anesthesia
(Diethyl ether)
Yeah, yeah, the anesthesia
(It just wore off)

(Now was it the food?)
No, no, the anesthesia
(Or the lights above ?)

[Fade]

No, no, the anesthesia