Lyrics

GATHER ROUND BOYS, I'LL SING YOU A SONG
HAPPENED NEAR MY HOMETOWN
YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY IF YOU WANT TO GO
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HANG AROUND

CERTAIN MAN, DOCTOR BY TRADE, KEPT A DOG OF THE
MASTIF BREED
ONE DAY ON A WALK HIS HEART GAVE OUT
FROM THIS WORLD OF TROUBLE HE'S FREE

YES HE POURED OUT HIS SOUL IN A PAINFUL WAY
DIED WITH HIS DOG AT HIS SIDE
DOG TOOK HIM UP BY THE BACK OF THE NECK
DRUG HIM A FUNERAL RIDE

NEIGHBOR'S FOUND HIM LATE THAT NIGHT
LYING ON THE FRONT PORCH DECK
THEY CURSED AND SCREAMED GET THE DOG TIED UP
THEY FOUND A LITTLE BLOOD ON HIS NECK

WHAT WENT ON THAT NIGHT
JUST CAN'T SAY IN WORDS THAT GOT TO RHYME
BUT THE EXECUTION WAS SORT OF DELAYED
TORTURED THE DOG FOR SOMETIME

I'M NO JUDGE OF WHAT OTHER MEN DO
TAKE IT AS IT COMES
BUT SOMETIMES I THINK WE OUGHT TO HAVE WINGS
AND DOGS OUGHT TO HAVE THUMBS