yard dog by nina snoogans

there’s a dog in the yard

just sitting in the sun

he don’t have much to do

‘cept eat and play and run

i wish i was like him

with wide open space

i wish i was a yard dog

i wish that i could change this place

but i’m lost

on the side of the road

done this all before

so familiar, gettin old

that train is bustlin round the bend

summertime is comin to an end

soon there will be frost

on your dusty old guitar

and i’ll warm up my heart in the corner of the bar

i could always go down south

let the sun take care of me

cigarillo in my mouth

and a banjo on my knee

but i cannot forget

where you gone, and how you went

on that sunny april morning

went you went and lost your head

wish i was a yard dog

so the years could pass ease

i wouldn’t get too old

i could do just as i please

wish i was a yard dog

huntin’ rabbits when i want

its just in my nature

to go out on the run

wish i was a yard dog

so my belly’s always full

hitchhikers in my hair

ain’t got no leash to pull

i wish i was a yard dog

just please throw me a bone

just please leave me alone

busy howlin’ at the moon

• Folk
• booze
• outlaw country
• singer-songwriter
• whisky
• United States