Conversation With A Dog lyrics

I asked my dog what he thought the best in man
He said, `The love you dispense to me twice daily from a can.`
I said, `Why do you think my question funny?
And where would you be without my money?`
I said, `There may be some quality in us you must treasure.`
`It`s despair,` he said, `of which your money is the measure.`

Walk like a dog
Like anybody can

I said, `What about our politics, philosophy, our history?`
He said, `If there is something admirable in these it is a mystery.`
`But there must be something in our system tell me at your leisure.`
`It`s despair,` he said, `of which your borders are the measure.`

Walk like a dog
Talk like a man
Walk like a dog
Like anybody can

I said, `What about technology, computers, nuclear fission?`
`I`m terrified of radiation, hate the television.`
I said, `There must be something in our scientific treasure.`
`It`s despair,` he said, `of which your weapons are the measure.`

`Feed me, you can beat me. I will love you till I die.
But don`t ask for admiration and don`t ever ask me why.`
I said, `Why wait till now to demonstrate displeasure?`
`It`s despair,` he said, `of which my silence was the measure.`

Walk like a dog
Talk like a man
Walk like a dog
Like anybody can