Sinéad O’Connor

Released: April 13, 2009

Songwriter: Gregory Isaacs Sylvester Weise

Producer: Daniel Lanois

Tell him try his best just to make it quick
Man tend to the sick
Because there must be something he can do
This heart is broken in two
Tell him it's a case of emergency
There's a patient by the name of mickey

Night nurse
Only you alone can quench this here thirst
My night nurse oh god
Oh the pain is getting worse

I don't want to see no doc
I need attendance from my nurse around the clock
Because there's no prescription for me
He's the one the only remedy

My night nurse
Only you alone can quench this here thirst

My night nurse
Oh the pain is getting worse
I'm hurt my love

I don't want to see no doc
I need attendance from my nurse around the clock
Because there's no prescription for me
She's the one the only remedy

Night nurse
Only you alone can quench this here thirst

My night nurse
Oh the pain is getting worse
I'm hurt my love
And I'm sure no no doctor got a cure

My night nurse
My night nurse
My night nurse

Sinéad O'Connor (who goes by Shuhada' Sadaqat in her private life) is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 80s with her album The Lion and the Cobra and achieved worldwide success with her cover of Prince’s “Nothing Compares to You” in 1990.

O'Connor was discovered in 1985 when Nigel Grainge of Ensign Records saw her band Ton Ton Macoute perform. Although he was not fond of the band’s music, he was impressed by O'Connor’s ‘amazing voice’. Grainge had O'Connor record four songs with Karl Wallinger (World Party) and signed her to his label. O'Connor’s first single was the song “Heroine” which she co-wrote with U2’s guitarist The Edge for the film Captive.

Her debut album The Lion and the Cobra was a sensation when it was released in 1987, reaching gold record status and earning a Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Grammy nomination. O'Connor’s debut single “Troy” charted in The Netherlands and Belgium, and “Mandinka”, released in late 1987, cracked the top 20 in the UK and top 30 in three other European countries, helping her album chart well in Europe. Spin Magazine described the album as a “remarkable, still-spine-tingling first record”.

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