Dog Days

Welcome to the dog days darling, welcome to hard times too,
Are the tulmutuous times of my troubled youth, just troubling you?
I was born in the dog days, darling,
I ain't ever cat from no silver spoon,
All this beauracratic, gotta-have-it, surface level shits,
Got me feeling blue,

ON THE DAY I — WAS BORN,
THEY TOLD ME I WOULD NEVER BE SOMETHING
GOTTA MAKE IT THROUGH THEM DOG DAYS DARLING
IF YOU WANNA GO FAR THEN YOU 'OUGHT GO ALONE,
I AIN'T A BOY DARLING I'M ALL THE WAY GROWN,

Welcome to hard work brother, welcome to me working harder,
Welcome to me being stronger for longer,
And always going just a little bit farther,
Let me tell you 'bout the dog days darling,
Let me tell you 'bout writing a song,
Let me tell you about writing things down your whole life
Just to spend it righting your wrongs,

Welcome to the dog days darling,
Welcome to young manhood,
Welcome to everything you ever said,
And everything you ever did being misunderstood,

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