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16 Jul 04 - 03:26 PM (#1227123) Subject: Lyr Req: One Dog Per Verse From: Joe Offer Jerry Rasmussen is not allowed to post a message like this without posting the lyrics. It's just not fair! Jerry, I gotta hear this song. Please?????? -Joe Offer- Thread #71640 Message #1226692 Posted By: Jerry Rasmussen 16-Jul-04 - 12:31 AM Thread Name: Unlikely first lines Subject: Unlikely first lines Some songs start out very unexpectedly, and it's hard to get a clue where the song is going. Here's a first line about a dog as an example from One Dog Per Verse: "Right underneath the "By Order Of The Health Department No Dogs Allowed, you'd find him every day." Any other ones come to mind? Jerry |
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16 Jul 04 - 04:47 PM (#1227197) Subject: Lyr Add: ONE DOG PER VERSE (Jerry Rasmussen) From: Jerry Rasmussen O.k. Joe: This takes a little introduction. First of all, the song is called ONE DOG PER VERSE because each verse is about a different dog I had the privilege to know. The first dog was old, and he liked to lie right underneath the Health Department sign in the supermarket. As the verse says, he'd lie there with his legs on the door mat that automatically opened the door when you stepped on it. But, most of the time, he'd just snooze. But, as you were leaving, if you'd call his name, he'd lift his head, shift his weight and it would cause the automatic door to open. A doordog. Thus, the first verse: Right underneath the BY ORDER OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT NO DOGS ALLOWED you'd find him every day Getting kinda stiff around the haunches With one eye all gone blurry, and his muzzle turning gray Sleeping with his front legs on the doormat And listening for your footsteps 'cross the floor And when you'd call his name, he'd turn and look your way And when he wagged his tail, he'd open up the door Now, it was the second dog who was blind in one eye. One day when I was walking to work because my Pinto had once again broken down, I was walking on a stretch of street with no sidewalks. So, I was walking on the road. When I looked up, I saw a car approaching me, with a dog in hot pursuit, running alongside the car. As the car got closer and closer, the dog was so intent upon catching it, that he was in danger of slamming head on into me. So, I jumped out of the way, and as the dog went racing by, I realized why he hadn't seen me. He was blind in his left eye. God in His infinite wisdom and mercy had blessed him with the vision in his right eye, so he could still see to chase cars. He just couldn't see me. And thus, the second verse.. In his youth, he used to chase the autos There wasn't any car he didn't know And though he'd lost the vision in his left eye He always kept his right eye on the road As the years rolled by and he grew older He lost a little mustard in his stride And so he was content to lie there on that mat And he'd cock his ear each time a car drove by The dog in the third verse was one I'd often see walking with his master when I'd stop into the corner store to buy a cup of coffee and a bagel for breakfast. The owner of the store really liked the little dog, and when his master would come walking in with him (no one was too strict about the No Dogs Allowed law) the owner would disappear into the back room and say, "I have a couple of butt ends of cold cuts for you," and feed the dog. There was no way that little store could produce that many butt ends a day. One day when I stopped by, the man came in without his dog, and I asked where the dog was. He said that he'd been out walking with his dog the night before, and his dog had seen a pretty little bitch (dog type) walking on the other side of the street, and before the man could stop him, his dog darted across the street to meet the lady in question, and was hit and killed by a car. Love will do it, every time. And so, the third dog got rolled into the second dog and the first dog for the third verse... Some say it was love that finally got him And the health department finally got it's way And now he won't be eating all those cold cuts That the guy behind the counter saved each day As he crossed the street that night he saw her The prettiest little thing he'd ever seen And as she went walking by, he watched her with his one good eye And he never saw the light when it turned green. One dog per verse. Jerry |
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16 Jul 04 - 05:31 PM (#1227236) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One Dog Per Verse From: Leadfingers Thats a nice one Jerry . Being a LONG time dog lover I can go with that song . |
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16 Jul 04 - 07:08 PM (#1227317) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One Dog Per Verse From: Big Al Whittle yeh liked that! |
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16 Jul 04 - 09:34 PM (#1227394) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One Dog Per Verse From: The Fooles Troupe Now all we need is a tune... :-) |
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16 Jul 04 - 10:22 PM (#1227415) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One Dog Per Verse From: Jerry Rasmussen Don't know how to do tunes, Fooles, but if anyone is REALLY interested in the song, and PMs me, I'd send them a tape of it.. Jerry |
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17 Jul 04 - 02:00 AM (#1227490) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One Dog Per Verse From: Joe Offer Aw, that's a good one, Jerry. Thanks a lot. -Joe Offer- |