Growing Pain

Before I could make a scene
They decided to let me in
And three minutes was all it took
For the dentist to tell me how bad it looked

He did a procedural X ray
To tell me what we both already knew

"You'd have to take it out eventually
How much does it cost, incidentally?
Oh...about four hundred per tooth!"
Oh. It's so cheap I nodded like I perfectly understood

Off you go

I watch her take out pills, more pills
Put them in plastic bags, she seals she seals
My fingers tapped incessantly
Tell her to stop already
And she says - "That'll be fifty-seven dollars please."

Why should I have pain killers when the pain's not close to killing me

If you'd have wisdom
Let it not come with a tooth
Cause mine came just that way
And I only feel like a fool.