From the recording Double Down
This track gives a nod to both Elvis and Etta, with a classic-rock sort of fun take on their Hound Dog. This version, gives a more personal point of view when looking at the consequences of taking in a stray anything, or what happens when a friendship escalates into a live-in relationship. Sometimes things change, and not for the better. That's when it becomes difficult knowing how to get rid of things that we allow to gaslight us. Listen up!
Lyrics
You’re a good for nothing hound dog.
Make me cry all the time.
I try to take you out walking
but you’d prefer to drive
The neighbors all talkin’
'bout how we argue, and we fight.
You good for nothin’ hound dog
Go sneaking to the bar.
Lipstick on your collar.
Never stayin in the yard.
Make me go out looking and
ask the neighbors where you are.
Well now
Judy caught you digging up her garden.
Polly says you get into the trash.
Peg found you sleeping on her sofa.
And Mary says you deserve a slap.
Listen here you good for nothing hound dog
You’re lucky the pound won’t take you back
You’re a good for nothing hound dog.
Make me cry all the time.
You’re a good for nothing hound dog.
Make me cry all the time.
One thing I know for sure,
you aint no friend of mine.
Dave says you owe him fifty dollars.
Greg told me you were not with him.
Keith said you never sent those flowers.
And Sal thinks you ought to join a gym.
Listen sister and brother
just Pray for this stray that I took in.
You’re a good for nothing hound dog
Make me cry all the time.
You’re a good for nothing hound dog
Make me cry all the time.
One thing I know for sure is
you ain't no friend of mine.
Maybe you were born in a junk yard
Maybe you were raised in a zoo
Baby there are secrets you are keeping
Wishin you would share one or two
I must be a sucker for hound dogs
Or else I wouldn’t be with you.
You’re a good for nothing hound dog.
Make me cry all the time.
You’re a good for nothing hound dog.
Make me cry all the time.
One thing I know for sure is
you ain't no friend of mine.