Stampead - The Dog Song lyrics
rate meI found a shelter and garden,<br />
on the corner of Fountain and Vine.<br />
It's made for gamblers who lose,<br />
a place for brave men to whine.<br />
<br />
Every so often there's trouble,<br />
somebody could lose a life.<br />
I just sit on the back porch,<br />
and eat apples with my knife.<br />
<br />
Isabella comes to visit,<br />
she can talk all day and night.<br />
Cursing the republican government,<br />
I can't say if she's wrong or right.<br />
<br />
I said I admired her hatred,<br />
I'm not one to take sides.<br />
She kissed me and tried to persuade me,<br />
so I had no choice, I had to lie.<br />
<br />
In the morning she left me a letter,<br />
I couldn't make out a single word.<br />
I'm sure it was something outrageous,<br />
about her trying to save the world.<br />
<br />
It was then that I got so depressed,<br />
in this world I make no difference.<br />
I just hang out with thieves,<br />
spitting apple seeds at the fence.<br />
<br />
So I picked up the LA Times,<br />
and read to page 22.<br />
It was there that I found my purpose,<br />
to help dogs from being abused.<br />
<br />
I began to tell all my friends,<br />
about these dogs in need.<br />
I said, ?Did you know in some parts of China,<br />
all the dogs have fleas??<br />
<br />
They said I was crazy,<br />
laughed and shook their heads.<br />
Said maybe I would have found Jesus,<br />
in another girl?s bed.<br />
<br />
But I was off to the white house,<br />
with 6 greyhounds and a sign.<br />
Practiced my speech to the president,<br />
I memorized every line.<br />
<br />
After a few days I made friends,<br />
to help me with my cause.<br />
We even made the local news,<br />
chanting, Lets save the dogs!<br />
<br />
It brought a tear to my eye,<br />
they understood what I had to say.<br />
And just like Isabella,<br />
I was talking all night and day.<br />
<br />
I was talking at the racetrack.<br />
I was talking on the radio.<br />
I was talking at the cathedral,<br />
and at the pound with my megaphone<br />
<br />
And then one sunny morning,<br />
preaching at the dog parade.<br />
I had a crowd of 2,000,<br />
hanging on every word I?d say.<br />
<br />
I swore I?d see them through.<br />
We?d fight until the end.<br />
When a bulldog barked right at me,<br />
and tore up my left hand.<br />
<br />
As the blood ran down my arm,<br />
from my elbow to the floor,<br />
I knew I'd lose my temper.<br />
I couldn't take anymore.<br />
<br />
I screamed, That's it, I give up!<br />
These dogs don't give a damn!<br />
They all called me a traitor,<br />
said, Go back to from where you came!<br />
<br />
So that's just what I did,<br />
and they welcomed me with open arms.<br />
And the freshest basket of apples,<br />
straight from Cortez farms.<br />
<br />
I told Isabella my story.<br />
I thought she'd understand.<br />
But she called me a failure,<br />
and knocked the fruit from my hands.<br />
<br />
I guess maybe she was right.<br />
I was just a phony from the start.<br />
But these apples never tasted sweeter,<br />
and I know who my real friends are<br />
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(Thanks to Stampead for these lyrics)<br />
