Alanis Morissette

Songwriter: Alanis Morissette Glen Ballard

[Intro]
And it's a song called "Not the Doctor"

[Verse 1]
I don't wanna be the filler if the void is solely yours
I don't wanna be your glass of single malt whiskey hidden in the bottom drawer, and
I don't wanna be a bandage if the wound is not mine
Lend me some fresh air
And I don't wanna be adored for what I merely represent to you, and
I don't wanna be your babysitter, you're a very big boy now
And I don't wanna be your mother, I didn't carry you in my womb for nine months
Show me the back door

[Chorus]
Visiting hours are nine to five
And if I show up at ten past six, well, I
Already know that you'd find some way to sneak me in and oh
Mind the empty bottle with the holes along the bottom
You see, it's too much to ask for, and I
Am not the doctor
No
I am not the
No

[Verse 2]
And I don't wanna be the sweeper of the egg shells that you walk upon, and
I don't wanna be your other half, I believe that one and one make two, and
I don't wanna be your food or the light from the fridge on your face at midnight, hey
What are you hungry for?
And I don't wanna be the glue that holds your pieces together
And I don't wanna be your idol
See, this pedestal is high and I'm afraid of heights
And I don't wanna be lived through a vicarious occasion
Please, open the window

[Chorus]
Visiting hours are nine to five
And if I show up at ten past six, well, I
Already know that you'd find some way to sneak me in and oh
Mind the empty bottle with the holes along the bottom
You see, it's too much to ask for, and I
Am not the doctor, oh
I am not the
No

[Verse 3]
And I don't wanna live on someday when my motto is last week, and I
I don't wanna be responsible for your fractured heart and its wounded beat, and
I don't wanna be a substitute for the smoke you've been inhaling, well
What do you thank me
What do you thank me for?

[Chorus]
Visiting hours are nine to five
And if I show up at ten past six, well, I
Already know that you'd find some way to sneak me in and oh
Mind the empty bottle with the holes along the bottom
You see, it's too much to ask for, and I
Am not the doctor, oh
I am not the
No

Alanis Nadine Morissette was born on June 1, 1974, in Ottawa, Canada. At age 6, she began taking piano lessons, and by the time she was 9, she was writing her own songs.

When she was 11, Morissette joined the cast of a Nickelodeon children’s show called You Can’t Do That on Television, and saved up her earnings. In 1987, she used them to self-release her first track, “Fate Stay With Me.” The song caught the attention of record label MCA Canada; at age 14, Morissette signed a contract with the company. She released a self-titled album, Alanis, in 1991, which went platinum. Quickly following up the success of her first album, Morissette released Now Is The Time a year later, though it did not reach the same level of popularity.

In 1994 Morissette moved to Los Angeles teamed up with industry veteran Glen Ballard, and she began to approach songwriting more organically.

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