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When My Dog Dies, I Die Too

from Roy Ivy (draft) by Roy Ivy

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Got 8 years or more
If we're lucky
10 to 12 if there's some kind of fluke
and when that moment comes
I won't be ready
The thought of it just makes me cry and puke

You're the best reason to wake up
That I ever knew
And when my dog dies
I die too

I don't get along with anybody
Homo sapiens have outgrown their use
Loyalty's a trait most folks can't fathom
Love's a thing that people pick and choose

But I ain't got a choice
When it comes to loving you
And when my dog dies
I die too

Why even bother coming home
Without my buddy
Waiting there for me
Waiting there for me
Why even bother going on
Without my buddy
Walking by my side
And hogging the bed in the dead of the night

Closest thing I'll have
To having children
But so much better than
Having a kid
There's plenty other dogs who need a rescue
But when you're gone I'm goin' off the deep end

So Jesus, if ya hear me,
Won't you spare my little dude
Cause when my dog dies, I die too

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from Roy Ivy (draft), released July 14, 2017

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Roy Ivy Butte, montana

Drinking songs and sing-alongs: that's Roy Ivy's specialty .If you haven't seen him dancing and sloshing about Butte, America, you may have met him in his past lives as a Chicago troubadour. Or maybe you met him in Dallas, where he ran The Tah-Dahs off a cliff, and stupidly quit The Polyphonic Spree before they toured with Bowie.

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