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Tattoo Your Dog

from Rest in Peanut Butter by The Murrays

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lyrics

If you tattoo your dog
with your telephone number and family name
It might seem like a prudent choice
but your dog will never be the same

You might get him back alive
If he runs away too far
But when he’s back at home
he’ll sure resent the scar

The tattoo gun sounds just like a
miniature vacuum cleaner does
It sucks right up his spirit of
adventure and erodes his trust

How much quality of life
Should we sacrifice
So we might not die early

Sometimes I’m tempted
to let him off the leash
let the dog do what he please
set him free to stay or leave
But i’m too scared
the first step that he’ll take
Will be to the street
where the cars won’t hit their brakes

submit to the needle!
(can you really control me?)

So go on tattoo up your pup
You’ll do it out of love
Just remember if he holds a grudge
He might mistake the hand that feeds for food
and you’ll draw back a bloody stump

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from Rest in Peanut Butter, released July 26, 2015

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Joel Murray Nashville, Tennessee

Husband & wife indie folk-pop duo. Making music our dog hates since 2012.

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