In a dog's life
A year is really more like seven
And all too soon a canine
Will be chasing cars in doggie heaven 

It seems to me
As we make our own few circles 'round the sun
We get it backwards
And our seven years go by like one 

Dog years...It's the season of the itch
Dog years...With every scratch it reappears 

In the dog days
People look to Sirius
Dogs cry for the moon
But these connections are mysterious 

It seems to me
While it's true that every dog will have his day
When all the bones are buried
There is barely time to go outside and play 

Dog years...It's the season of the itch
Dog years...With every scratch it reappears
Dog years...For every sad son of a bitch
Dog years...With his tail between his ears 

I'd rather be a tortoise from Galapagos
Or a span of geological time
Than be living in these dog years 

In a dog's brain
A constant buzz of low-level static
One sniff at the hydrant
And the answer is automatic 

It seems to me
As well make our own few circles 'round the block
We've lost our senses
For the higher-level static of talk