DOG FOR A DAY

Words and music by Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers (Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers Music/ASCAP)

i'm rushing off into the morning

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

i'm off to work as he naps for awhile

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

if i could shed my skin

alter the shape i'm in

fill out with fur and grow a long tail

if i could be that way

i would be a happy man

a dog for a day

i'd scare a squirrel to a treetop

and mangle your shoes

chase a stick into the water or simply refuse

i'd bark my head off if i wanted

whenever i heard the siren call

or i would sleep, contented, through it all

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so i am stuck inside my body

and with my two feet

but there are human consolations here

in the front seat

no, i never have a collar or dog chow

and i'm allowed on the bed

but i wonder what my life would be instead

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