Charles Bukowski - Igloo lyrics
[Charles Bukowski - Igloo lyrics]
His name was Eddie and he had a
Big white dog with a curly tail
A huskie
Like one of those that pulled sleighs
Up near the north pole igloo he called him
And Eddie had a bow and arrow
And every week or two he'd send an arrow
Into the dog's side
Then run into his mother's house
Through the yelping
Saying that Igloo had fallen on the arrow
That dog took quite a few arrows and
Managed to survive
But I saw what really happened and didn't
Like Eddie very much
So when I broke Eddie's leg
In a sandlot football game
That was my way of getting even for Igloo
His parents threatened to sue my parents
Claiming I did it on purpose because
That's what Eddie told them
Well, nobody had any money anyhow
And when Eddie's father got a job
In San Diego they moved away and left the
Dog we took him in
Igloo turned out to be rather dumb
Did not respond to very much
Had no life or joy in him
Just stuck out his tongue panted
Slept most of the time
When he wasn't eating
And although he wiped his ass
Up and down the lawn after defecating
He usually had a large fragrant smear of
Brown under his tail
When he was run over by an icecream truck
3 or 4 months later
And died in a stream of scarlet
I didn't feel more than the
Usual amount of grief and loss
And I was still glad that I had managed to
Break Eddie's leg
Big white dog with a curly tail
A huskie
Like one of those that pulled sleighs
Up near the north pole igloo he called him
And Eddie had a bow and arrow
And every week or two he'd send an arrow
Into the dog's side
Then run into his mother's house
Through the yelping
Saying that Igloo had fallen on the arrow
That dog took quite a few arrows and
Managed to survive
But I saw what really happened and didn't
Like Eddie very much
So when I broke Eddie's leg
In a sandlot football game
That was my way of getting even for Igloo
His parents threatened to sue my parents
Claiming I did it on purpose because
That's what Eddie told them
Well, nobody had any money anyhow
And when Eddie's father got a job
In San Diego they moved away and left the
Dog we took him in
Igloo turned out to be rather dumb
Did not respond to very much
Had no life or joy in him
Just stuck out his tongue panted
Slept most of the time
When he wasn't eating
And although he wiped his ass
Up and down the lawn after defecating
He usually had a large fragrant smear of
Brown under his tail
When he was run over by an icecream truck
3 or 4 months later
And died in a stream of scarlet
I didn't feel more than the
Usual amount of grief and loss
And I was still glad that I had managed to
Break Eddie's leg