Wild Old Dog

Album: American Kid (2013)
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  • God is a wild old dog
    Someone left out on the highway
    I seen him running by me
    He don't belong to no one now

    Dropped him out on 93
    Mange was setting in on his hips and on his knees
    Between the highways running north and south
    We pulled on over and we put him out

    Willie said he was old and going blind
    Momma told me how she didn't mind
    When Willie kicked him with his shoe
    He just climbed on in just like he knew

    God is a wild old dog
    Someone left out on the highway
    I seen him running by me
    He don't belong to no one now

    It's lonely on the highway
    Sometimes a heart can turn to dust
    Get whittled down to nothing
    Broken down and crushed
    In with the bones of
    Wild old dogs
    Wild old dogs

    Dropped him out on 93
    Tall grass was waving there just like the sea
    He tore off running like we set him free
    Just disappeared right in front of me

    God is a wild old dog
    Someone left out on the highway
    I seen him running by me
    He don't belong to no one now
    He don't belong to no one now Writer/s: PATRICIA J. GRIFFIN
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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