Page type: lyric reference
Artist: The Specials
Canonical path: /the-specials/do-the-dog
Related lyric paths: 6
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Do The Dog
Read Do The Dog lyrics by The Specials on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Do The Dog
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All you punks and all you teds
National Front and natty dreads
Mods, rockers, hippies and skinheads
Keep on fighting 'til you're dead
Who am I to say?
Who am I to say?
Am I just a hypocrite,
Another piece of your bullshit
Am I the dog that bit
The hand of the man that feeds it?
Do the dog, do the dog
Do the dog, not the donkey
Do the dog, don't be a jerk
Do the dog, watch who you work for
Do the do the do the do the dog
Everybody's doing the dog
Take your F.A. aggravation
Fight it out on New Street Station
Master racial masturbation
Causes National Front frustration
Who am I to say?
To the IRA
To the UDA
Soldier boy from UK
Am I just a hypocrite?
Another piece of your bullshit
Am I the dog that bit
The hand of the man that feeds it?
Do the dog, do the dog
Do the dog, not the donkey
Do the dog, don't be a jerk
Do the dog, watch who you work for
Do the do the do the do the dog,
Do the do the do the do the dog,
Do the do the do the do the dog,
Everybody's doing the dog.
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