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Dog for a Day

 I’m rushing off into the morning

My eyes hanging down

Waiting for the coffee to slap me around

I hear a thumping on the sidewalk

And look up to see a dog face smile

But I’m off to work as he naps for a while


And then I’m planning a career or

I’m planning for play

Planning for a mortgage on some distant day

You know I’m planning for a kid and for dinner

Planning to plan no more

When I hear paws scratching at the door


     Chorus


     If I could shed my skin

     Alter the shape I’m in

     I’d fill out with fur and grow a long tail

     If I could be that way

    Whoa, I would be a happy man

     And a dog for a day


I’d scare a squirrel to a treetop

or mangle your shoes

Chase a stick into the water or I’d simply refuse

I’d bark my head off if I wanted

Whenever I heard the mailman call

Or I would sleep, contented, through it all


     Chorus


But I am stuck inside this body

With my two feet

But there are human consolations here

In the front seat

You know I never wear a collar, eat dog chow

And I’m allowed on the bed

But I wonder what my life could be instead


     Chorus

Words and music by Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers 


Elevation Road

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