Lyrics

[Verse 1] At midnight, the dogs gathered around the houseAround her house (Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh)Her heart was like a drawerShe only opened when she wentOut to feed those dogs and let her memories batheIn the moonlight for a while (Ooh-ooh-ooh) [Chorus] Those were the dogs owned by the girlsWho died in that house (Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh)Meeting every night, keeping vigil in the place (Oh)Where their people went away And so she'd wake the rest of her nights in that houseFeeding all the hounds at its mouth [Interlude] Ooh-ooh-ooh-oohOoh-ooh, ooh-ooh-oohOoh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-oohOh-oh-oh-ohOh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh [Verse 2] On her first night wandering through the dark (Ooh-ooh)Of her new house (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)Solemn as a bride That's when she first saw them (Ooh)Out the kitchen window right at 12 o'clock (Ooh)A dozen silent dogs of all different type (Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh) [Chorus] She almost was one of the girlsWho died in that house (Ooh-ooh-ooh)So when it was stigmatized She took it on to start a new life in that house (Ooh, ooh, ooh)Be the token coin in its mouth (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)Maybe, with enough time tending to that ground (Ooh-ooh)She can heal the heart of her house (Ooh)Feeding all the hounds at its mouth (Ooh)