Intro:
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the food was as I like it...
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Cold, wet
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And in that wonderful tin can shape
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I had it marked in a paw print
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on the dog door
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the day that I finally planned my escape
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the milkman, he tried
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you can bet I wanted to survive
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but the truck it just came far too fast
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So I write on these scraps
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my remembrances past
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so you don't blame yourself that I've died
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they put horses out to pasture
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and the birds come home to roost
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ain't nothin' for a puppy
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but the backyard on the loose
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now I know my job was to
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lie idly beside
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the way the sun retreats for the moon
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i had dreams of walking
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the world on my own
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four on the floor
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every night all alone
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i was ready to work
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for the scruff on my neck
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yearning to find something
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of my own to protect
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my bark, then, was surely
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bigger than my bite
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chewing the cud could've been
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my biggest dog fight
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and you know how they say
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we only hear certain things that you say
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well, it never mattered much to me
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but for the will of the way
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they put horses out to pasture
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and the birds come home to roost
F F/C
ain't nothin' for a puppy
C C/G
but the backyard on the loose
F F/C
now I know my job was to
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lie idly beside
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the way the sun retreats for the moon
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now I loosen this collar
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for a dog bone bow tie
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to go up and meet
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the big dog in the sky
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i'll tell him when I get there
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I was spoiled in your place
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with the hopes that my spirit
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is honored by your grace
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so after you read this
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memoir one day
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or after you hear
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my lonesome song play
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don't you trouble your mind
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this old hound's doin' fine
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you know, goodbyes are just words
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like a clock is to time
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so sorry I'm not with you
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so sorry I can't be
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please know I was
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the best friend this old mutt could be
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if you remember that spot
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where my favorite tree grows
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I hung up my leash on a branch
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now it's yours
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