Lyrics Stan Ridgway

Stan Ridgway

Dogs

One dog buries a bone

And then the other dog digs it up

And finds a prize in store

One dog dies and the other dogs

Go dig him up a tomb with his name inscribed

And there on his tombstone carved so bold

The words are clear and strong

It says:

This one is for the eyes

For the eyes of the other dogs who come

It's for the eyes of the other dogs to come

One man digs a hole while another man shovels dirt

Inside another hole

One man says hello while another one is leaving

On a long journey to a place he'll nreturn

And there on his tombstone carved so bold

The words are clear and strong

It says:

This one is for the eyes

For the eyes of the other dogs who come

It's for the eyes of the other dogs to come

One man digs a hole while another man shovels dirt

Every entrance has an exit

And every doorknob has a twist

I wonder what my face looked like

Before it looked like this?

And there on his tombstone carved so bold

The words are clear and strong

It says:

This one is for the eyes

For the eyes of the other dogs who come

It's for the eyes of the other dogs to come

One man digs a hole while another man shovels dirt