Throughout Guess What's Coming To Dinner, Gaeta sings to distract himself from the pain after his leg is amputated. The song, Gaeta's Lament, serves as a narrative thread connecting the entire episode, not only communicating his character's misery, but weaving together the multiple story arcs.
* Alone she sleeps in the shirt of man
* With my three wishes clutched in her hand
* The first that she be spared the pain
* That comes from a dark and laughing rain
* When she finds love may it always stay true
* This I beg for the second wish I made too
* But wish no more
* My life you can take
* To have her please just one day wake
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