Dogs

I was hungry and I was coldHad a father far too oldCouldn't make it to the place he'd like to beIn a tree trunk in the parkHe was living in the darkKeeping other dogs like him for company

In the evening I'd go downTo a nightclub in the townTry to get some bread to make another wayBack to the park I'd goDig him out of the snowYou know he's lived a thousand years, day to day

Well, the days get shorter and the nights get longerAnd you never learn to knowIf you love one anotherCould you look at each other?Could it ever really show?And at this moment in timeYou couldn't make up your mindNow could you ever understand?

Are you following me just like Moses to the sea?Do you think I'll give you freedom in the end?When I'm long dead and goneWill your love for me go on?Will I be the one you run to in the end?And all my dogs need a friend

It was a quarter to three in the summer of '73When I heard somebody call outside my doorSaid "Are you friend or are you foe?"He looked up and he said"No, but I'd like to come inside and know you more"