Misc Originals – Chutw Nine - Mexican Dog (Guitar)

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           I was

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Down on the border on some business I'd rather not mention

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Gettin' involved with a woman was not my in-tention  but then

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She came along just out walking her dog and I

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Loved her before I'd even met her I guess

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Sometimes intentions can change sometimes not for the better  well the

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Dog didn't like me I guess he knew where I was headin'

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He bit my hand when he carried the rings at our weddin'  mari-

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achis played and we sang and we swayed but they're

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Right when they say love is blind 'cos in a

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Month she was gone and she only left one thing be-hind

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Now I got a Mexican dog I can't say his name he don't come when I call

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When he's not bitin' me he's lickin' his balls and I

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Hate him right down to his fur but

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All I got left of her is this Mexican dog  so I

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Thought it might help if I bought him a toy at the store

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He was so grateful he left somethin' for me on my floor  I kicked him

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Out every night but by the dawn's early light he was

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Back sportin' some brand new smell I'd take him

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Back where he came from but I don't have directions to hell

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Now I got a Mexican dog I can't say his name he don't come when I call

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When he's not bitin' me he's lickin' his balls and I

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Hate him right down to his fur but

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All I got left of her is this Mexican dog  so I

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I got a new girlfriend who couldn't stop telling me what to do   to

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Top it all off she said she thought that little bastard was cute  I said hold

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On to his leash and wait right here for me and he'll

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Show you some tricks that he knows and I

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Know it was wrong but I showed her a trick of my own

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Now she's got a Mexican dog she can't say his name he don't come when she calls

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When he's not bitin' her he's lickin' his balls but we're

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Even far as I'm con-cerned 'cos

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Now that dog is hers that Mexican dog

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Now she's got a Mexican dog she can't say his name he don't come when she calls

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When he's not bitin' her he's lickin' his balls and I

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Hope she got what she de-served

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  Now that dog is hers that Mexican dog