Two Dogs Lyrics

I had two dogs

In the summer of 2004

One was boot black

The other whiter than a health food store



Medicine hogged

The floor space on the back porch

Donations my monarchs

Saved up to take up to the poor



Oh the backyard sang

A chorus of barks from Yin and Yang

They played angel and demon

But oh, I loved them just the same

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Strange how what heals can also kill

Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh



I found two dogs

On the hot concrete of the back porch

One in amniotic vomit

The other in fetal contort



Medicine clogged

Their stomachs 'til they overpoured

Strange how what heals can also kill



They both went grey

Adopting a putrid, lifeless stench

I learned in death

We all are unified in countenance



Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh



Eyes bulging like they'd finally seen the truth



The type of shit a child forgets

But the memory resets

When you ask me in a worried fret

Have you ever at least loved a pet?