Dogs
I was hungry and I was cold
Had a father far too old
Couldn't make it to the place he'd like to be
In a tree trunk in the park
He was living in the dark
Keeping other dogs like him for company
In the evening I'd go down
To a nightclub in the town
Try to get some bread to make another way
Back to the park I'd go
Dig him out of the snow
You know he's lived a thousand years, day to day
Well, the days get shorter and the nights get longer
And you never learn to know
If you love one another
Could you look at each other?
Could it ever really show?
And at this moment in time
You couldn't make up your mind
Now could you ever understand?
Are you following me just like Moses to the sea?
Do you think I'll give you freedom in the end?
When I'm long dead and gone
Will your love for me go on?
Will I be the one you run to in the end?
And all my dogs need a friend
It was a quarter to three in the summer of '73
When I heard somebody call outside my door
Said "Are you friend or are you foe?"
He looked up and he said
"No, but I'd like to come inside and know you more"
Well, the days get shorter and the nights get longer
And you never learn to know
If you love one another
Could you look at each other?
Could it ever really show?
And at this moment in time
You couldn't make up your mind
Now could you ever understand?
Are you following me just like Moses to the sea?
Do you think I'll give you freedom in the end?
When I'm long dead and gone
Will your love for me go on?
Will I be the one you run to in the end?
And all my dogs need a friend
Need a friend
Need a friend
