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Dirty Water Dog

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Dirty Water Dog

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No candidate would I support

His platform could I endorse

Another accomplice slinging dirt

Campaign promises falling short

I don't belong to any race

Pledge allegiance to a place

No borderline in the sand I'd trace

I'm just a sucker for a pretty face

Uncomfortable in the realm of the political

Position's always been a little left of cynical

I'm fundamentally for the individual

Preoccupied purely with the physical

When heavy is the weight of the world

And the river runs a little too deep

Like a hound dog chasing a bird

Sometimes a certain tom's gotta peep

I'm a peek-a-boy, looking at girls

And I think I like, I think I like, I like what I see

I don't wanna find religion

Or another man's opinion

I can't choose what's not my decision

When there's only one under the Sun

There's no need to be denied

Chew before swallowing pride

I want to live so let me die

Oh, by the way, what's your sign?

Can't comprehend the meaning of the metaphysical

I'd rather leave that to your so-called intellectual

But what I do know I know feels only natural

I'm just a red-blooded heterosexual

When heavy is the weight of the world

And the river runs a little too deep

Like a dirty water doggin' a bird

Sometimes a certain tom's he gotta peep

I'm a peek-a-boy, looking at girls

And I think I like, I think I like, I like what I see

When heavy is the weight of the world

And the river runs a little too deep

Like a dirty water doggin' a bird

Sometimes a certain tom's he gotta peep

I'm a peek-a-boy, looking at girls

And I think I like, like a hound dog, chasin' a bird

And I think I like

A dirty water dog

And I think I like, I think I like, I like what I see

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