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BAD DOG
Well she bites the hands that feed her and she bites the ones that don't
I've suggested that she stop it but I'm pretty sure she won't
I've watched a doggy video and read a doggy blog
She's a bad bad bad bad bad dog
Now there's holes in the carpet and I'm scared to check the floor
I bet if we didn't stop her she would eat right through the door
Then she'd eat the whole neighborhood- she's really quite a hog
She's a bad bad bad bad bad dog
I remember when we only had a cat
Now we fondly reminisce about that
When she's sleeping she's really pretty cute
But it turns out she's a dragon in a dog suit
Used to be the kind of guy that spent a lot of time in bed
But it's so much less appealing when she's jumping on my head
Perhaps we should've thought about a buffalo instead
Of this bad bad bad bad bad dog
Now there's holes in all the furniture and holes in the yard
Our shoes, shirts, and selves are gettin' permanently scarred
I wish someone had told me it was gonna be so hard
To have a bad bad bad bad bad dog
We adore her when she's totally asleep
We're in heaven when she doesn't make a peep
Only problem is that sometimes she's awake
And a little bit of dragon goes a long way- ow!
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PAL OF MY HEART
True to me, kind to me,
Never deceiving;
Cheering me, helping me,
Ever believing:
Sad for me, glad for me,
Never apart;
Dear to me, near to me,
Pal of my heart
Clean hearted, strong hearted,
All the way through;
Uplifting, and tender-
Wonderful you!
Fair to me, square to me,
Life's dearest part,
Best to me, blest to me,
Pal of my heart.
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DOG ON HER SIDE
Here's my baby
Sleeping soundly
With a dog on her side, cat on her chest
Dog on her feet, let's get some rest
How we sleep that way
Is possibly more than I can say
It's unorthodox, perhaps you're right
But it's never lonely in the bed at night with her
And she's my baby
And they're her babies
And we're all her babies
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“Mothra”
So musty, so old, so vague in your appeal
Your funky lip
You were a man’s moth
And the world was your teddy
He had great big head and empathetic eyes
Your funky lip
Hangin’ down
And you were right on time
And the world was your teddy
So relentless, so romantic was your nature
So steady, so pathetic your gaze
So radioactive was your breath, you scared us all to death
It’s always hard to lose someone you’re close to
Mothra
O moth of my approval, where art thou?
Give me give me all your love
I need it right now
Mothra
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Almost 30 years of songs about dogs, 1992 - 2021. As a bonus, including photos of the actual dogs that inspired each song to post along with their particular track, not to mention a whole bunch of others that wouldn't fit.
I'm not at all sure why photos of our dogs would be interesting to anyone else, but they've got to be more interesting than more pictures of me!
released April 23, 2021
1- Bad Dog
2- Pal Of My Heart
3- Weasel Don't Be Mean (Chandler Travis Philharmonic)
4- Get That Stick (Incredible Casuals)
5- Dog On Her Side
6- For the Life Of This Dog
7- Mothra
8- I Want a Puppy
9- She's Filthy (Chandler Travis Philharmonic)
10- Ruby My Dove
11- Get Out Of Here
12- Stay Like That (Chandler Travis Philharmonic)
All songs written and performed by Chandler Travis, Farfy/BMI, except:
2, set to a poem by K,S. Rankin;
3 & 7 by the CTP, from the album "Llama Rhymes";
4 by the Incredible Casuals, from RadioBall #11-
"The Future Will Be Better Tomorrow";
9 by the CTP, recorded at Harry's in Hyannis, Aug. 17, 2004 by Chris Blood;
and 12 by the CTP, from the album "Let's Have a Pancake"
3, 7, and 12 mixed and recorded by Ducky Carlisle at Room 9
Special thanks to the Casuals (Rikki Bates, Aaron Spade, and
Johnny Spampinato); the Philharmonic (among them here, Rikki,
Dinty Child, Johns Clark & Styklunas, Fred Boak, Keith Spring,
Berke McKelvie, Keiichi Hashimoto, Mark Chenevert, Bob Pilkington.
Dave Harris, Ken Field, Tim Dickey, and on and on...
And to Weasel, Lily, Quintron, Ramona, Bodie, Jamie, Snoopy, Dandy,
Ben, Ruby, Madge, Tara, Esther, Turbo, Clawdy,
and on and on even more!
Art by Dan Joy
Most photos by Rachel Jarvis, to whom this album is most gratefully dedicated
www.chandlertravis.com