You Can’t Keep a Good Dog Down

Lyrics

[Intro] [CHARLIE, spoken] Why settle for a couple o' bones when you can have the whole bank? Ha ha ha ha ha! [ITCHY, spoken] Hey, Charlie! Charlie, look! You hit the jackpot! Oh ho ho Atta boy, Charlie, I'm proud o' ya! Charlie, tell 'em! [Verse 1] (sung) [CHARLIE] Oh, you can't keep a good dog down [ITCHY] No sir! [CHARLIE] No, you can't keep a good dog down I've seen pain and hurt [ITCHY] That's right [CHARLIE] I've eaten dirt [ITCHY] That's true [CHARLIE] It's hard to buy but even I've been jilted by a skirt! [ITCHY] He lies! [CHARLIE] But look, pal, I'm still around [ITCHY] Haha! [CHARLIE] 'Cause you can't keep a good dog down! [Chorus] [ITCHY] Ya can't keep a good dog down [CHARLIE] No you can't! [ITCHY] No no no no, you can't keep a good dog down [CHARLIE] I've been bought and sold [ITCHY] He's been warm and cold [CHARLIE] But ten to one I'll still be runnin' rackets when I'm old [ITCHY] Not in some cage in the city pound [CHARLIE, ITCHY] 'Cause ya can't keep a good dog Can't keep a good I say ya can't keep a good dog down [Verse 2] [ITCHY] In him's the luck of the Irish [CHARLIE] The pride of the German [ITCHY] And even, haha, a bit of Siam [CHARLIE] Siam? You see the come of the English [ITCHY] The charm of the Spanish [CHARLIE] A pedigree a-certainly ain't what I am! So call me a mixed up pup [ITCHY] You're a mixed up pup [CHARLIE] Haha! But the only way this pup knows is up! [ITCHY, spoken] OK, boys! C'mon! Help me get 'im! You get his leg Lift 'im up! C'mon! Didn't'cha hear the man? Up! Up! Up! C'mon! [Chorus] (sung) [CHARLIE & DOGS] Oh, ya can't keep a good dog down (Bow wow wow wow!) You can't keep a good dog down (Bow wow wow wow!) [ITCHY] He's been fat and thin [CHARLIE] I've been out and in [ITCHY] He tried a life of virtue [CHARLIE] But prefer a life of sin! So tonight, man, we own this town I've known hunger, I've known thirst Lived the best and seen the worst But the only way I know to finish is to finish first! [CHARLIE & DOGS] So watch out when you hear this sound! (all of the DOGS howl uproariously) [CHARLIE & DOGS & ITCHY] 'Cause you can't keep a good dog No, ya can't keep a good I say you can't keep a good dog down You can't keep a good dog down!