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Old Dogs
03:06
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Old dogs might like walks just as much as the young ones
but I don't want all of the things that I did once
I used to go run through the sprinklers at dawn
and I haven't done that since probably way back
I wish you'd watch tv without your damn phone on
I don't even know why I think that's my problem
my hand smacks yours almost like a reflection
of someone I can't see who has somehow become me
Praying for baseball, America t-shirts on sun toned arms swinging for guys you believe in. You can't save a dead man but maybe you can save his friends
Old dogs might not shit in the house like the young ones
but that doesn't mean that they don't sometimes wanna
they learned that the trade-off just isn't quite even
a moment of relief for existential grief
Popping prescriptions for undisclosed reasons while potbellied people sing Skynrd and Beatles, you can't save a dead band but maybe you can start again
My old boy, he'd wine at the back door, but wouldn't go through until you
were out the door first, cooing his name, proving it's safe
and I guess I don't blame him
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Me, your dog, and you
03:24
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In your living room
me, your dog, and you
noticing the sun's gone down outside
Me, your dog, and you
walk across the street
always on the other side of people passing by
Do you think he misses me?
Is that something dogs can do?
Do you think he's noticed I don't come around the way I used to?
Do you think that he can tell
when I've wandered through Cap Hill?
Do you think he's ever caught my scent and maybe tried to tell you?
Back inside your room
Me, your dog, and you
struggle to defeat the monsters bobbing in the blankets
There's not much to do
snarl, and bark, and chew
but they'll be back before too long, for me, your dog, and you
Do you think he misses me?
Is that something dogs can do?
Do you think he's noticed I don't come around the way I used to?
Do you think that he can tell
when I've wandered through Cap Hill?
Do you think he's ever caught my scent and maybe tried to tell you?
Do you think he misses me?
Do you think you miss me too?
Do you think he'd notice if you said my name out loud in an empty room?
Do you think that he can tell
when I trespass in your pool?
Do you think he'd greet me cavalier if i were talking to you?
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Stay in bed
02:46
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Can't sleep again, which is hard, cuz you know last time
I went downstairs, and accidentally woke the dog up
he followed me into the TV room, where I was trying to work
but he was old, and so he had a coughing fit
If I had known what would transpire
if I had known, I would've stayed in bed awake
Went downstairs again, because I feel lonely and need water
I could've sworn I saw his shape lying where he used to.
The riddle goes, "which came first, the chicken or the egg?"
But we all know that that's a rhetorical question.
If I had known what would transpire
if I had known, I would've stayed in bed awake
If I had known what would tranpsire
If I had known what would transpire
If I had known, I would've stayed in bed awake.
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Tinder crush
03:27
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I think most things are funny
I think most things are sad
I go in debt buying tickets for made-up people who can never show up to see my dying bands
and my dog's dead and I've got a Tinder crush
and I know that those never really come to much
and I never before saw anybody die
let alone my sweetest, most beautiful, most wonderful, most snuggly guy
And here most days are sunny
but they aren't always warm
my mom sends texts me me and my brothers and their girlfriends and says really nice things, and most of the time she's just ignored
and my dog's dead and I've got a Tinder crush
and I know that those never really come to much
and I never before saw anybody die
let alone my sweetest, most beautiful, most wonderful, most snuggly guy
I think most things are funny
but I get how this one is really not
I used to dream that I was holding my ex-girlfriend
but now I mostly dream about my dog
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Change
02:33
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Your old art is dead
your old love is gone
switch up your meds
say goodbye to your dog
send new texts to old friends
the world has changed, but you'll see them again
move away from your home, and hope your ghosts don't come.
If change is good, does that mean loss is too?
if my dog is dead, do I go on missing you?
When you fall in love, do you fall out too?
If you don't look back, did you learn the things you needed to?
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