ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Stray Dog Lyrics</title><!-- saved from url=(0029)http://www.ripcat.idps.co.uk/ --> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="description" content="Tom Waits Silver Cloud Lounge - Bestowing information about Tom Waits to the musically appreciative populace"> <META NAME="keywords" content="Tom Waits, tom waits, tomwaits, TomWaits, Waits Tom, Silver Cloud Lounge, Closing Time, Heart Of Saturday Night, Small Change, Foreign Affairs, Blue Valentine, Heartattack And Vine, Swordfishtrombones, Raindogs, Franks Wild Years, Bone Machine, Black Rider, Mule Variations, Early Years, One From The Heart, Night On Earth, Beautiful Maladies, Bounced Cheques, Asylum Years, Nighthawks At The Diner, Bigtime, Holly Cole, Chuck E Weiss, Tom, Waits, "> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="notepad"> <META NAME="author" CONTENT= "paul@webmartin.co.uk"> <META NAME="copyright" CONTENT="Copyright © 2002 WebMartin Software Solutions"> </HEAD> <BODY BACKGROUND="../graphics/background.jpg" BGCOLOR="#DEDDD1" VLINK="BLUE"> <LINK REL=STYLESHEET TYPE="text/css" HREF="../style.css"> <SCRIPT><!-- defaultStatus = document.title; //--></SCRIPT> <CENTER> <TABLE CELLPADDING=2 CELLSPACING=0 BORDER=3 WIDTH="90%" BGCOLOR="#DEDDD1"> <TR ALIGN="CENTER" BGCOLOR="GRAY"> <TH COLSPAN=2> <FONT COLOR="#DEDDD1"> <FONT SIZE="6">Stray Dog - Lyrics</FONT></TH></TR> </FONT> <TR ALIGN="CENTER"> </TABLE> <hr width="90%"> <A NAME="playinhooky"></A> <TABLE CELLPADDING=2 CELLSPACING=2 BORDER=3 WIDTH="90%" BGCOLOR="#DEDDD1"> <TR BGCOLOR="SILVER"><TH COLSPAN="2">Stray Dog<BR>(Waits 1976) <TR ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH="50%"> Well that old stray hound dog by the meat market now<br> Licking his chops for some greasy chow<br> Top sirloin, pork chops, New York cut<br> Salisbury ground  round, hanging  round downtown<br> <br> Dropped out of school, naturally cool<br> Lift his leg on a fireplug<br> With greasy gravy drippings and the gristle on his mug<br> Stray dog help yourself<br> <br> Now he s scratching his ass, he be swatting them flies<br> Gett involved with his dinnertime, and that s no lie<br> I said, 'Stray dog, be cool boy. Go on pull your caper'<br> Using yesterday s paper for a table cloth<br> <br> That old stray hound dog by the meat market now<br> Licking his chops for some greasy chow<br> And if they catch him on a trash can bin<br> Stray dog help yourself<br> <br> Catch him on a trash can bin<br> Stray dog help yourself<br> Stray dog help yourself </TD> </TR> <TR ALIGN="CENTER" BGCOLOR="LIGHTGREY"><TD COLSPAN="2"><A HREF="Reviews.htm">Reviews</A></TD> </TABLE> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="Javascript" SRC="../javascript/waitsnav.js"></SCRIPT> </CENTER> </BODY> </HTML>