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Pulled up to the nursing home Boots squeaking down the hall Nurse looked up from her paperwork And she didn't hesitate at all Pointed down a hallway Like she knew what came next Didn't even need to think about it "Last door on the left." Past the day room Past the cleaning cart Past a woman yellin' Elvis stole my heart Past the TV blarin' Reruns from '83 And I'm already outta breath Before I even reach the scene Last door on the left I swear its every time If they're any farther from the entrance We're gonna cross that county line Last door on the left Off the beaten path The emergency ain't the patient It's makin' it there and back Another locked unit Another keypad code Another finger pointin' Down another endless road Three wrong hallways And two dead ends One resident convinced We're long lost friends One guy grabbed my sleeve and said "You got a minute, son?" Last thing I remember hearing Was how he fixed cars in '61 Twenty minutes later Still no patient in sight I'm startin' to think This building folds through space and time Last door on the left Every single time If they're any farther from the entrance We're gonna cross that county line Last door on the left Far off the beaten path The emergency ain't the patient It's makin' it there and back Somewhere past the bingo room Past the glow of TV screens Every hallway looks the same Every doorway's hauntin' me The wheels keep rattlin' My radio keeps crackalin' At this point I'm pretty sure The building's swallowing me Last door on the left There she is at last Three hallways past forever And a hundred miles back Last door on the left Same story every shift We finally reached the patient Forty-six minutes in

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