Dog Years

Album: Country! Country! (2025)
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  • I was a blacktop traveler, an accident waiting to happen
    Thank God you and your daddy pulled over and let that tailgate down
    Never would I have imagined when you set me up in the back of that truck
    I fell in the hands of a new best friend, looking back at it now

    That was the best life I could ask for
    Bruises and cuts and covered in mud
    And feet up on the dashboard
    Pickin' up girls, not a worry in the world
    And you and me made a good team
    You took me in when I didn't have a prayer
    That was the best life I could ask for
    Now that I'm looking back on those dog years

    Something about those little things, flathead cats on a riverbank
    Chasing white tail deer, stealin' your dad's beer, you'd pour a little on the ground for me
    And who could forget that first kiss? Come to think of it, man, I'm sure I convinced her
    When she asked if you were next after I laid one on her cheek

    Yeah, that was the best life I could ask for
    Bruises and cuts and covered in mud
    And feet up on the dashboard
    Pickin' up girls, not a worry in the world
    And you and me made a good team
    You took me in when I didn't have a prayer
    That was the best life I could ask for
    Now that I'm looking back on those dog years

    Oh

    Ooh, and right now I know you're fightin' a lot of feelings, starin' at me
    Knowin' this time when you scratch my head, it'll probably be the last
    But if I could speak your language, all that I could do is thank you
    For the best years, though they went by seven times too fast

    That was the best life I could ask for
    Bruises and cuts and covered in mud
    And feet up on the dashboard
    Pickin' up girls, not a worry in the world
    And you and me made a good team
    You took me in when I didn't have a prayer
    That was the best life I could ask for
    The best life I could ask for
    The best life I could ask for
    Now that I'm looking back on those dog years
    Looking back on those dog years Writer/s: Michael Hardy
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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