Man & Dog - Loudon Wainwright III

When a man has a dog in the city

Man needs to walk in the park

Take a little stroll by the riverside

Smoke a cigarette there in the dark

Living in the city

Man living with a dog

And a man has to carry him a plastic bag on his person at all times

When a dog dumps on the sidewalk, walking away is a crime

Living in the city

Man walking with a dog

A man likes living in the city (city!)

But a man has to find some work

Walking with a dog is a kind of a job make you feel like a fool and a jerk

Living in the city

Working like a dog

Work out

Dog likes living in the city

In the city there’s a lot of other mutts

Checking in front, checking in back, no ifs no ands just butts

Living in the city

Dog checking on a dog

Its a pretty good way to meet a woman

If a woman is walking a dog you just say

What’s her name?

How old is she?

Its easy like rolling off a log

Checking out a woman

Man acting like a dog

But when a man has a fight with a woman

A man needs to go for a walk

Walking with a dog is easy, he listens he don’t talk

Talking to a dog

Talk to me!

(Woof woof!)

Walking with a dog in the winter in the wind in the rain in the snow is a drag

Its hard as hell to keep a cigarette lit and get the shit in the plastic bag

Living in the city

Man walking with a dog

When a man has a dog in the city (city!) (city!!!)

A man needs to walk in the park

Take a little stroll by the riverside

Smoke a cigarette there in the dark

Living in the city

Man living with a dog

Woof, woof… woof, woof, woof!