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Stampead - The Dog Song lyrics

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I 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 />

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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 />

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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 />

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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 />

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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 />

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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 />

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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 />

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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 />

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