A soft rock true story
dog
sea
sand
persistence
Story behind the song
A true story - we watched a dog trying to dig a hole in water-filled sand for a bout 2 hours as we sat on a beach in Sardinia. He was so intent but never got anywhere. The next morning he appeared on our patio and joined us for breakfast....
Lyrics
Dog
jerky
C F C
There's a dog in a sand-pool
FCG
Something's got his attention fixed
C F C
There's no fool like an old fool
C FG
I think he's got his wires crossed and mixed
FC
He's looking at something deep in the water
F C
He wants to jump in but he's not sure that he oughta
There's a dog in a sand bowl
He's started digging fast as he can get
By now you'd think he'd be In a deep hole
But his legs are barely getting wet
Cos as fast as he digs out water pours sand back in
He'll be digging for hours before he's got room to swim
AmC
It's a hopeless task but he's got perseverance
GG7
Or just plain blind optimism
Am C
Still his plan of campaign lacks all coherence
GG7
When viewed from my superior logical prism
There's a dog in the water
Been at it now for over an hour
If it was a crab I guess by now he would have caught her
And had the poor thing in his power
Perhaps it's where he once buried a bone or
Maybe where some murderer has buried his owner...
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