IGGY POP - A Machine For Loving lyrics

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Two weeks after my arrival Fox died just after sunset<br>

I was stretched out on the bed when he approached<br>

And tried painfully to jump up he wagged his tail nervously<br>

Since the beginning he hadn't touched his bowl once<br>

He had lost a lot of weight<br>

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I helped him to settle on my lap<br>

For a few seconds he looked at me<br>

With a curious mixture of exhaustion and apology<br>

Then, calmed, he closed his eyes<br>

Two minutes later he gave out his last breath<br>

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I buried him beside the residence<br>

At the western extremity of the land<br>

Surrounded by the protective fence<br>

Next to his predecessors<br>

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During the night a rapid transport<br>

From the Central City dropped off an identical dog<br>

They knew the codes and how to work the barrier<br>

I didn't have to get up to greet them<br>

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A small white and ginger mongrel<br>

Came toward me wagging its tail<br>

I gestured to him<br>

He jumped on the bed and stretched out beside me<br>

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Love is simple to define<br>

But it seldom happens in the series of beings<br>

Through these dogs we pay homage to love<br>

And to its possibility<br>

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What is a dog but a machine for loving<br>

You introduce him to a human being giving him the mission to love<br>

And however ugly, perverse, deformed or stupid this human being might be<br>

The dog loves him, the dog loves him<br>

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