Well, I had an awful dream
I laid your bones by a shallow stream
I carved your name in a willow tree
And I beat the ground
With water clear and sun abright
I let the tears alone to dry
I raise my arms up to the sky
And challenged God
He had no prose, He had no right
To take my dove, my little light
Half of my soul, half of my sight
My beating heart, my precious wife
Have you no answers?
Follow you no more
I'm on my own, this means war
When I awoke, when I came to
My whole perspective was brand new
I made a vow, and I keep it true
Hold very close what's given you
Keep very close what's given to you
"I want a fifi dog and a fifi cat
(Now what is a fifi dog, I don't know what a fifi dog is)
You know the ones like, um, like Kate's got
(Oh, a poodle dog) Yep
(Well you know, they don't have a poodle dog anymore)
Did somebody steal it?
(I think so, think so, that's what happened)
They did steal it
(They looked everywhere and can't find the poodle dog)
(But anyway, what would you do if you had you a pretty puppy)
I would put a ribbon in her hair and
(What if it was a him?)
I want it to be a girl
(Well what if I can't find a girl puppy?)
I want sandals on her and fingernail polish on her
(Aw, you can't put fingernail polish and sandals on a puppy dog)
(Don't you know that? You have to pet 'em
And play with 'em in the yard and throw balls
And let 'em bring 'em to ya)
I want a dog that's a poodle fifi
And it (I told ya) and a poodle kitten and fifi
(Papaw don't really like poodle dogs, they're so fragile
You have, you need a good dog that can stay outside
And protect ya that you can pet
And play with and he wouldn't bother ya
And he wouldn't let anybody bother ya.
Don't you think that's the kinda dog you want?)
No, I want a poodle that wouldn't bother me
And that's lit, and why do you got the light on?
(That's a charger. Battery charger. It's chargin', chargin' up
See, so it'll be good when I get ready to use it.
I'm gon' get to singin' some songs and things like that
And I'm gon' record)