doggie don't know

lady left on valentine's day with the flowers

but the doggie don't know.

baby boy with a broken home

but the doggie don't know.

dad with a spinning head

dizzy with the drink and screaming to god

boat offshore in choppy waters

rudders chopping the squid to calamari

rocking and making the sailors sick.

oh, the rum isn't helping but sometimes it does

with the world crooked you can see straight

sea on a tilt and the waves pumping

captain salt-mad and roaring drunk

he's just trying to see home again.

money ain't coming

but the doggie don't know.

door slams open and dad's tired again

angry at nothing and trying not to let it show

baby cries and dad screams

just wants to sleep, but don't they both?

they'll meet as equals in twenty years' time

baby as far from death as dad is close

the trees in the orchard line up and you can see forever.

time's coming

but the doggie don't know.

doggie sits and whines

ears perked and listening to

f**k

and 

god why.

dad wants to die

but the doggie don't know

doggie don't know.