Dog People

Lyrics

My family's always been dog people: labs and retrievers Pit bulls and mutts with no fucks demeanors Growl like truck speakers, subwoofer to seek Companionship, understanding it's something deeper Dogs: the definition of loyal and eager Who love unconditionally …even when love should maybe have a couple conditions at least Like, come home from doin' dirt and look who's grinnin' at me, good dog, right? ...that's the nature of obedience It doesn't have to be right, as long as it's immediate We're dog people; sit, stay, avoid the truth Talk about loyalty but never what we're loyal to We're dog people even when we're starin' down apocalypse You can't teach an old dog new politics Yeah we're dog people, so much talk about honor You could almost forget about the collar My bark, my jagged speech My life, my love, my leash One bite is all they need To put me down My bark, my jagged speech My life, my love, my leash One bite is all they need To put me down I've seen anger like a loaded shotgun, a weapon Just pointed in the wrong direction Yeah we're dog people: Chasing our own tails Look at who we blame when we fail: Scapegoats and bogeymen, always on the outside lookin' in And mad about the taste of the soup that we've been cookin' in But never mad at the cook That man is a crook, who's rich off the labor and the land that he took 'Cause look feminists didn't close the factory That family on foodstamps didn't eat your lunch Immigrants never offshored opportunity The PC police never shot anyone (so who's your real enemy?) ...and still we howl at that moon Whimper in a kennel hopin' our master is back soon With that choke chain, shock collar love 'til we break 'Til he's trained us to hate everything that he hates, It's a scam My bark, my jagged speech My life, my love, my leash One bite is all they need To put me down (how much profit is in your pain?) Put me down (who really benefits from your hate?) So put me down (Trained to fight until you're dead) Put me down (that owner makes a fortune, and you get a pat on the head) Put me down