Dogs

1. Animals (1977)
   

   You gotta be crazy, you gotta have a real need
   You gotta sleep on your toes, and when you're on the street
   You gotta be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed
   And then moving in silently, down wind and out of sight
   You gotta strike when the moment is right without thinking.
   And after a while, you can work on points for style
   Like the club tie, and the firm handshake
   A certain look in the eye, and an easy smile
   You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to
   So that when they turn their backs on you
   You'll get the chance to put the knife in.
   You gotta keep one eye looking over your shoulder
   You know it's going to get harder, and harder, and harder as you get older
   And in the end you'll pack up, fly down south
   Hide your head in the sand
   Just another sad old man
   All alone and dying of cancer.
   And when you loose control, you'll reap the harvest that you've sown
   And as the fear grows, the bad blood slows and turns to stone
   And it's too late to loose the weight you used to need to throw around
   So have a good drown, as you go down, alone
   Dragged down by the stone.
   I gotta admit that I'm a little bit confused
   Sometimes it seems to me as if I'm just being used
   Gotta stay awake, gotta try and shake off this creeping malaise
   If I don't stand my own ground, how can I find my way out of this maze?
   Deaf, dumb, and blind, you just keep on pretending
   That everyone's expendable and no-one has a real friend
   And it seems to you the thing to do would be to isolate the winner
   And everythings done under the sun
   And you believe at heart, everyone's a killer.
   Who was born in a house full of pain
   Who was trained not to spit in the fan
   Who was told what to do by the man
   Who was broken by trained personnel
   Who was fitted with collar and chain
   Who was given a pat on the back
   Who was breaking away from the pack
   Who was only a stranger at home
   Who was ground down in the end
   Who was found dead on the phone
   Who was dragged down by the stone.

   
   
2. Vienna 77 (1977-02-01)
   
   
3. Animal Instincts (1977-05-09)
   
   
4. Plays The Animals (1977-05-09)