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Artist: The Roches
Canonical path: /the-roches/damned-old-dog
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Damned Old Dog
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Damned Old Dog
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Do I wanna be a dog?
any diddlin' male would do
if I was a damned old dog
I wouldn't be fussy for you
Do I wanna be a housebroken dog
eat better than an Indian
I don't wanna be a damned old dog
I just wanna lick your chin again
I thought that I could convince you
I thought that I could get through
chew out a hole in the fence you
barked up between me and you
Limpin' around in the moonlight
coverin' up what I did
words decompose all around me
nuisances I committed
Do I wanna be a dog
cut the heat out of me
if I was a damned old dog
I wouldn't have to goddamn human be
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