The Drag Pit

Lyrics

I peered through the glass from the window outside To see my old hound fight a dog twice his size He scratched and he bit, did the best that he could But his opponent answered each shot so diddly-doh good And then I saw blood on the pad of his paw And I hurried right in to save his locking glass jaw But he just got up and said, "as long as I can see" "Take me off to the drag pit, I got a message for Jimmy" Take me off to the drag pit, I got a message for Jimmy So I crouched down for a while and grew tired into the sea When someone grabbed my suitcase and ran down the street I chased down that stranger, tryna keep him in sight But soon he just vanished inside the black blurry night And I cursed that thief, but I cursed myself more I was out my good clothes and the keys to my door And I was fulla some demons I just had to let free So take me off to the drag pit, I got a message for Jimmy Take me off to the drag pit, I got a message for Jimmy The place where I'm livin' is alright for now It's right in the city, but quiet somehow And it's been that way since ol' Franklin expired He made his bed neatly one day and then set it on fire And I remember when we met, he shook my hand of it's life He was building a menstrual chef for his wife Determined to not deal in words or disease So take me off to the drag pit, I got some fight left in me So take me off to the drag pit, I got some fight left in me Oh take me off to the drag pit, I got a message for Jimmy So take me off to the drag pit, I got a message for Jimmy