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    1. Dogs And Kids

    From the recording Further Down the Line (2017)

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    We staggered arm in arm here when we were younger
    Tried everything they said we shouldn't do
    And we took as many trips as we took lovers
    But some of those trips, a dog comes back with you

    And some of those trysts turned into tricycles
    And my wild and reckless friends got safe and old
    Wheeling little buddy homeward on the bicycle
    With all the hope and joy and poop a bike seat could hold

    Now the feral festival kidlets keep changing costumes
    They run in a pack, and dig holes in the ground
    And they like sleeping under the table just like the dogs do
    So you watch your step when there's little ones around

    And I'm a better person, when I'm hanging with dogs and kids
    Got one thing on their mind at a time, can't keep nothing hid
    Remind me we're alive, forgive whatever we did
    I'm a better person, hanging with dogs and kids

    So we talk about work, and what we're reading
    Why the bastards keep winning, and where we'd move if they did
    We talk about who went home with whom at the party last weekend
    But eventually we just watch the dogs and kids

    Chasing and sniffing and eating's all they're on about
    They don't complicate their blues, they just moan
    They don't think much about themselves, they just freak out!
    If they got a bone to pick with you, it's probably just a bone

    And I'm a better person, when I'm hanging with dogs and kids
    Got one thing on their mind at a time, can't keep nothing hid
    Remind me we're alive, forgive whatever we did
    I'm a better person, hanging with dogs and kids

    My buddy had a string of bad luck and bad choices
    If it goes bad in court, one of us has to take his pup
    He's trying to learn to listen to the right voices
    Hope he don't have to miss his kid growing up

    We were all bulletproof daydream manifestors
    But all the bluster just boils down to love
    Just wanna be a good uncle, be a good ancestor
    I'm taking better care when there's someone to take care of

    And I'm a better person, when I'm hanging with dogs and kids
    Got one thing on their mind at a time, can't keep nothing hid
    Remind me we're alive, forgive whatever we did
    I'm a better person, hanging with dogs and kids
    I'm a better person, hanging with dogs and kids

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