I Won't Be Your Dog Anymore Lyrics - Paul Kelly And The Messengers

Paul Kelly (Mushroom) 

I've been drinking muddy water 

And it tastes like turpentine 

I've been leaving muddy footprints 

Up and down the Morgan line 

Crows are crying all around me 

In a sky where the sun refuse to shine 

I've been taking scraps from back doors 

I've been hiding in the cane 

I've been fighting over morsels 

And I've been slinking back again 

I've been building up a reputation 

On the levee all across the plain 

No I won't be your dog 

Your low riding dog anymore 

Now the mangrove sun is sinking 

And the moon is bloody red 

Every gun is clean and loaded 

Lying by a feather bed 

Far and wide goes my description 

And the price is rising on my head 

No I won't be your dog 

Your low riding dog anymore 

I've been drinking muddy water 

I've been keeping way down low 

All I hear is my own breathing 

All I see is a distant glow 

All I have is tearing me up 

Wearing me down just won't let me go 

No I won't be your dog 

Your low riding dog anymore 

No I won't be your dog 

Your low riding dog anymore