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Artist: David Wilcox
Canonical path: /wilcox-david/block-dog
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BLOCK DOG
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BLOCK DOG
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I had a long talk with the block dog
All summer he runs with the kids
He's happy as a block dog
Every day the choice is his
'Cause they all feed him when he's hungry
They all keep him from the cold
But he don't wear their collar
He makes the neighborhood his home
There'll be a fireplace in the winter
There's lots of houses down this street
Summertime he'll catch your frisbee
Beg the best of your dinner meat
I had a long talk with the block dog
All summer he runs with the kids
He's happy as a block dog
Every day the choice is his.
I said Rusty, I'm gettin' married
I used to like your kind of life
But life's different now, it's like a garden
I'd like to tend it with my wife
Dig in one spot make a straight row
You're only diggin' to hide the bone
But when I lived so free alone
I had an empty harvest
I had a long talk with the block dog
All summer he runs with the kids
He's happy as a block dog
Every day the choice is his
Rusty looked up, sad at me and said
Dave, I understand
'Cause we're different now, I'm still a dog
And you're acting like a man."
I had a long talk with the block dog
All summer he runs with the kids
He's happy as a block dog
Every day the choice is his
I ain't nothin' but a hound dog
I ain't nothin' but a hound dog
But I'm tryin' all the time.
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