I'm A Dog Lyrics - A Worm's Life - Crash Test Dummies

I'm a dog, and I can smell your smell right through your clothes 

And I espouse some views that you yourself just might not hold 

Sometimes I am given pause to think when 

I consider what we could call the good life 

When it comes to the city versus the country life 

Well, I must say that I far prefer a farmer's wife 

Breakfast with the master in the morning 

Feel the breeze and brush against a cow's leg - mmm 

But it seems the thinkers you call greatest are 

The sort who often fall ill young, or pine away 

How can they help but drag the species down? 

There's some debate about whether instincts should be held in check 

Well, I suppose that I'm a liberal in this respect 

I can't say I liked Robinson Crusoe 

But at least he didn't tie his dogs up at night 

And it seems the thinkers you call greatest are 

The sort who often fall ill young, or pine away 

How can they help but drag the species down? 

How come all your poets fall into despondencies? 

And then write it down for us to read every indignity? 

Not such worthy specimens, these creatures 

Hardly fit for what you could call the good life 

And it seems the thinkers you call greatest are 

The sort who often fall ill young, or pine away 

How can they help but drag the species down? 

How can they help but drag the species down?