You're a Hard Dog (To Keep Under the Porch)

You're a Hard Dog (To Keep Under the Porch) - Gail Davies

Early in the morning all alone in my place

Black coffee dry toast and egg on my face

It's the very last time I wait up all night

I feel like a fool and you're proving me right

I give you my love I give you my money

You got the feelings of a fencepost honey

I can't hold a grudge I just carry a torch

Cause you're a hard dog to keep under the porch

You're a hungry old hound that keeps coming around

Eatin' my groceries and drinking one down

You run with the pack and you come slinking back

Needin' some rest and me to scratch your back

Well I love you baby God knows I do

I have trouble smelling if I ain't with you

If it's true you can't teach an old dog new tricks

I've gotten myself in a heckuva fix

I'm sitting on the porch in the pale moonlight

I hear the dogs barking way off in the night

And the loudest one is my baby of course

You're a hard dog to keep under the porch

You're a hungry old hound that keeps coming around

Eatin' my groceries and drinking one down

You run with the pack and you come slinking back

Needin' some rest and me to scratch your back

I give you my love I give you my money

You got the feelings of a fencepost honey

I can't hold a grudge I just carry a torch

Cause you're a hard dog to keep under the porch