I'll Take The Dog Lyrics - Jean Shepard

Well we just left the courthouse this morning 

And the judge said we could go our seperate ways 

And everything we own must be divided just like the separation papers say 

You can keep the curtains and the tables and the chairs 

And all those dirty dishes in the sink 

Well you can take that golf club and the television set 

And that lawnmower that's always on the blink 

You can keep all the records and the hi-fi set 

You can take that phoney fireplace and the log 

Now you keep the car you keep the boat and I'll take the dog 

No I'll take the dog oh no I'm gonna take the dog 

Well who's gonna bring me my paper who's gonna keep me company 

You'll just have to give him up no I ain't a partin' with the pupp 

The dog belongs to me 

Now hold on Ray you ain't gonna take this dog away from me 

I'm the one that feeds him every day 

And who always takes care of him when he's sick 

Now wait just a minute Jeannie I guess that you forget 

Who it was that always took him to the bed 

Paid for all of them shots of seven bucks a lick 

You can just forget about him I ain't leaving you without him 

Then you'll just have to stay I guess that's the only way okay 

I'll give back the curtains and the tables and the chairs 

And I'll wash the dirty dishes in the sink 

And I won't take the golf clubs and the television set 

And I'll fix that mower that's always on the blink 

We'll both listen to the records on the hi-fi set 

By the fireplace with this gas burnin' log 

We'll go ridin' in our car and we'll go sailin' in our boat 

And we'll both take the dog yes we'll both take the dog 

Come on baby (huff huff)