Songs from the Musical Comedy Stitches
Timothy R. Smith
14 memorable songs frame the story of Jake, an ER nurse, has a hopeless crush on Dr. Genevieve. Whenever she’s around, he hiccups, stammers and falls apart. Jake’s rival is silver-tongued hospital attorney, Max, who cuts Jake to pieces at every pass.
It was 2 AM on some July night of 2003 and I was hopping on foot – or it felt like I was hopping.
14 memorable songs frame the story of Jake, an ER nurse, has a hopeless crush on Dr. Genevieve. Whenever she’s around, he hiccups, stammers and falls apart. Jake’s rival is silver-tongued hospital attorney, Max, who cuts Jake to pieces at every pass.
It was 2 AM on some July night of 2003 and I was hopping on foot – or it felt like I was hopping. The fire in my pelvis was like a thousand needles traveling through some tube I couldn’t pronounce, but I knew worse pain was coming – soon. Doc warned me.
I was locked onto my wife’s steady gaze. “Now you know what it’s like having a baby.” Actually, I had been thinking about that old joke: What’s the difference between having a baby and a kidney stone? You don’t have to put the kidney stone through college. In a pathetic way, this was kind of funny – how many guys were up right now at 2 in the morning hopping on one foot?
I’m gonna have a kid kid kid but I can’t say that I’m glad. I’m gonna have a kid kid kid but I ain’t gonna be a dad. I’m not sure what I did did did. It hurts me to the bone. ‘Cause I’m gonna have a kid kid kid kid kid kidney stone…
The night I gave I gave birth to a kidney stone, I also gave birth to a song called Kid, which became an idea for a musical about a hospital. It would be called Stitches. But it was always just an idea. Over the years I wrote a couple other tunes for it and convinced myself I was making progress, but writing Stitches was going to be as painful as giving birth to another kidney stone…
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We Are the Er 7:330:00/7:33
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0:00/5:00
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Never Where I'm At 4:140:00/4:14
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Malpractice Man 3:580:00/3:58
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0:00/3:03
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There's No Easy Way 4:130:00/4:13
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Stitches 4:160:00/4:16
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Lie of the Clown 3:240:00/3:24
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Kid 3:570:00/3:57
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0:00/3:30
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Goin' 2:540:00/2:54
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Trauma Mama 3:340:00/3:34
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Second Cup of Coffee 3:150:00/3:15
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Who Do You Suppose 4:260:00/4:26