The Milk Carton Kids - Memoirs Of An Owned Dog lyrics
[The Milk Carton Kids - Memoirs Of An Owned Dog lyrics]
The food was as I like it cold
Wet & in that wonderful tin can shape
I had it marked in a paw print on the dog
Door the day that I finally planned my escape
The milkman, he tried
You can bet I wanted to survive but the
Truck it just came far too fast
So I write on these
Scraps, my remembrances past
So you don't blame yourself that I've died
They put horses out to pasture
And the birds come home to roost
Ain't nothin' for a puppy but
The backyard on the loose
Now I know my job was to lie idly beside
The way the sun retreats for the moon
I had dreams of walking the world on my own
Four on the floor, every night all alone
I was ready to work for the scruff on my neck
Yearning to find something of
My own to protect
My bark, then, was surely bigger than my bite
Chewing the cud could've been
My biggest dog fight
And you know how they say we only
Hear certain things that you say
Well, it never mattered much to me but
For the will of the way
They put horses out to pasture
And the birds come home to roost
Ain't nothin' for a puppy but
The backyard on the loose
Now I know my job was to lie idly beside
The way the sun retreats for the moon
Now I loosen this collar for
A dog bone bow tie
To go up and meet the big dog in the sky
I'll tell him when I get there
I was spoiled in your place
With the hopes that my spirit
Is honored by your grace
So after you read this memoir one day
Or after you hear my lonesome song play
Don't you trouble your mind
This old hound's doin' fine you know
Goodbyes are just words like a
Clock is to time
So sorry I'm not with you
So sorry I can't be
Please know I was the best friend
This old mutt could be
If you remember that spot where
My favorite tree grows
I hung up my leash on a branch
Now it's yours
Wet & in that wonderful tin can shape
I had it marked in a paw print on the dog
Door the day that I finally planned my escape
The milkman, he tried
You can bet I wanted to survive but the
Truck it just came far too fast
So I write on these
Scraps, my remembrances past
So you don't blame yourself that I've died
They put horses out to pasture
And the birds come home to roost
Ain't nothin' for a puppy but
The backyard on the loose
Now I know my job was to lie idly beside
The way the sun retreats for the moon
I had dreams of walking the world on my own
Four on the floor, every night all alone
I was ready to work for the scruff on my neck
Yearning to find something of
My own to protect
My bark, then, was surely bigger than my bite
Chewing the cud could've been
My biggest dog fight
And you know how they say we only
Hear certain things that you say
Well, it never mattered much to me but
For the will of the way
They put horses out to pasture
And the birds come home to roost
Ain't nothin' for a puppy but
The backyard on the loose
Now I know my job was to lie idly beside
The way the sun retreats for the moon
Now I loosen this collar for
A dog bone bow tie
To go up and meet the big dog in the sky
I'll tell him when I get there
I was spoiled in your place
With the hopes that my spirit
Is honored by your grace
So after you read this memoir one day
Or after you hear my lonesome song play
Don't you trouble your mind
This old hound's doin' fine you know
Goodbyes are just words like a
Clock is to time
So sorry I'm not with you
So sorry I can't be
Please know I was the best friend
This old mutt could be
If you remember that spot where
My favorite tree grows
I hung up my leash on a branch
Now it's yours