Dogs
Written by: David Gilmour and Roger Waters
Times Played 1
First Played 10-22-2016
Last Played 10-22-2016
Lyrics:
- You got to be crazy, gotta have a real need
- Gotta sleep on your toes, and when you're on the street
- You got to be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed
- And then moving in silently, down wind and out of sight
- You got to strike when the moment is right without thinking.
- And after a while, you can work on points for style
- Like the club tie, and the firm handshake
- A certain look in the eye, and an easy smile
- You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to
- So that when they turn their backs on you
- You'll get the chance to put the knife in.
- You gotta keep one eye looking over your shoulder
- You know it's going to get harder, and harder, and harder as you get older
- Yeah, and in the end you'll pack up, fly down south
- Hide your head in the sand
- Just another sad old man
- All alone and dying of cancer.
- And when you lose control, you'll reap the harvest you have sown
- And as the fear grows, the bad blood slows and turns to stone
- And it's too late to lose the weight you used to need to throw around
- So have a good drown, as you go down, all alone
- Dragged down by the stone.
- I gotta admit that I'm a little bit confused
- Sometimes it seems to me as if I'm just being used
- Gotta stay awake, gotta try and shake off this creeping malaise
- If I don't stand my own ground, how can I find my way out of this maze?
- Deaf, dumb, and blind, you just keep on pretending
- That everyone's expendable and no-one has a real friend
- And it seems to you the thing to do would be to isolate the winner
- And everything's done under the sun
- And you believe at heart, everyone's a killer.
- Who was born in a house full of pain
- Who was trained not to spit in the fan
- Who was told what to do by the man
- Who was broken by trained personnel
- Who was fitted with collar and chain
- Who was given a pat on the back
- Who was breaking away from the pack
- Who was only a stranger at home
- Who was ground down in the end
- Who was found dead on the phone
- Who was dragged down by the stone.