Shot of love lyrics

I need a shot of love, I need a shot of love

Don't need a shot of heroin to kill my disease

Don't need a shot of turpentine, only bring me to my knees

Don't need a shot of codeine to help me to repent

Don't need a shot of whiskey, help me be president

I need a shot of love, I need a shot of love

Doctor, can you hear me? I need some Medicaid

I seen the kingdoms of the world and it's makin' me feel afraid

What I got ain't painful, it's just bound to kill me dead

Like the men that followed Jesus when they put a price upon His head

I need a shot of love, I need a shot of love

I don't need no alibi when I'm spending time with you

I've heard all of them rumors and you have heard 'em too

Don't show me no picture show or give me no book to read

It don't satisfy the hurt inside nor the habit that it feeds

I need a shot of love, I need a shot of love

Why would I want to take your life?

You've only murdered my father, raped his wife

Tattooed my babies with a poison pen

Mocked my God, humiliated my friends

I need a shot of love, I need a shot of love

Don't wanna be with nobody tonight

Veronica not around nowhere, Mavis just ain't right

There's a man that hates me and he's swift, smooth and near

Am I supposed to set back and wait until he's here?

I need a shot of love, I need a shot of love

What makes the wind wanna blow tonight?

Don't even feel like crossing the street and my car ain't actin' right

Called home, everybody seemed to have moved away

My conscience is beginning to bother me today

I need a shot of love, I need a shot of love

I need a shot of love, I need a shot of love

If you're a doctor, I need a shot of love

• Artist:Bob Dylan
• Album:Shot of Love (1981)