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WILD DOGS
©2004/2010 LARRY BARAN

VERSE 1
tight shoe strings, the blood pressure high; feet cold and sore as I run
push thru the crowd as I'm talking out loud; pushing like I'm under the gun
the sentry speaks as I enter the gate "the WAR states your time has begun"
with a sideways glance I look him into a trance; "could you bend the rules just this once?"

and then the dogs of the day become the hounds of the night
and then the dogs of the left become the hounds of the right
and who can tell me where the dogs of war come from?

CHORUS
who stole the wild dogs and turned them loose in Afghanistan?
who stole the wild dogs and turned them loose all over the land?
who stole the wild dogs and turned them loose in Afghanistan?
who stole the wild dogs and turned them loose all over the land?

VERSE 2
pay your money to the man in the mansion while the dogs lick the open sore wound
so you think it's a game with a championship name by the light of the silvery moon
the sentry speaks as I enter the gate "only dogs are allowed to fight"
so I pull out some cash and add it into his stash so now the loser never does think twice

and then the dogs of the day become the hounds of the night
and then the dogs of the left become the hounds of the right
and who can tell me where the dogs of war come from?

CHORUS
who stole the wild dogs and turned them loose in Afghanistan?
who stole the wild dogs and turned them loose all over the land?
who stole the wild dogs and turned them loose in Afghanistan?
who stole the wild dogs and turned them loose all over the land?

INSTRUMENTAL BREAK

VERSE 3
white line brain keeps the numbness alive and the kingpins eventually fall.
they push down the clowns who are fooling no one; make the snow-king gate keepers crawl
the sentry grins as he lowers his head; his eyes tell his lies to your soul.
and as you pass into hell, you give out a yell; "this war isn't worth fighting for!"

but then the dogs of the day become the hounds of the night
and then the dogs of the left become the hounds of the right
and who can tell me where the dogs of war come from?

CHORUS (twice)
who stole the wild dogs and turned them loose in Afghanistan?
who stole the wild dogs and turned them loose all over the land?
who stole the wild dogs and turned them loose in Afghanistan?
who stole the wild dogs and turned them loose all over the land?

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