The Dog Ate My Song

from Illegal Songs by John Parkes

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A song about not having any songs finished – neat huh? My song writing muse often turns up sweating and disheveled to toss something at me about 5 minutes before I’m out of time. Luckily my cassette recorder (circa 1979) sometimes captures it – and that’s what happened in this case though it was recorded a bit more correctly later. In fact it was so disorganised it had to be edited down so it didn’t sprawl over the whole table cloth. ‘The dog ate my head’ is a great line though eh?!

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The Dog Ate My Song

Hey miss, the dog ate my song
And all that was left then was this

Hey sir, God made me old
And little was left when the meaning drained away

The lies of life
The tide of time
We fuck it up between us

Hey miss, don’t take the piss
Spit and Sellotape reveal the inherent weakness
Of my work in progress

The lies of life
The tide of time
We fuck it up between us

So yeah, the dog ate my head
And the bowl it was cleaned out of meaning
Were you here?

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from Illegal Songs, released January 14, 2008
John Parkes

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