Dawgcatcher

(album: Heavy Lifting - 2023)

Is that your dawg doing a trick?
He caught my scent and he sniffed my hand and he took a lick
Is that your dawg?
He wants a bone
Mama, he dug under your fence and followed me all the way home

Don't wear your heart on your sleeve, he'll eat it
Put it away before you hurt yourself
Tell him go on, shoo boy, beat it
Quit scratching at my door, this ain't the pound
Not gonna pet ya
Cuz I ain't the dawgcatcher

Is that your dawg (is that your dawg) having a ball (having a ball)?
He keeps on breaking his leash and he never comes when you call
Yeah, he's a hound, I know his bark (bow wow wow)
Mama, he howls outside my window every night right after dark

Don't be the hand that feeds, he'll bite it
Put it away before you hurt yourself
Tell him I don't care if you're excited
My heart ain't your toy to drag around
Not gonna let ya
Cuz I ain't the dawgcatcher

Your dawg wants to play (I ain't your dawgcatcher baby, yeah yeah yeah yeah)
Got his paws all over me (I ain't your dawgcatcher baby, yeah yeah yeah yeah)
I never pick up a stray (I ain't your dawgcatcher baby, yeah yeah yeah yeah)
Cuz I ain't the dawgcatcher (I ain't your dawgcatcher baby, yeah yeah yeah yeah)

He's chewing through the fenceposts and the training doesn't work
He's tracking mud into your house from digging in the dirt
He's foaming at the mouth, I think he might have that disease
Girl, you better watch yourself, he'll give you fleas

Don't wear your heart on your sleeve, he gonna tear it up
Put it away before you hurt yourself
Tell him go on, get lost, beat it
You're a mutt, this ain't the lost and found
You let strangers pet ya
Well, tell em come and get ya
I ain't the dawgcatcher

(I ain't your dawgcatcher baby, yeah yeah yeah yeah)
(I ain't your dawgcatcher baby, yeah yeah yeah yeah)

He's trying to scratch an itch
He's looking for a cookie