Woof, splash, shake shake shake (repeat)

Woke up, it was a Dog Beach morning
And the first thing that I heard
Was a song outside my window, and the pit bulls wrote the words
It came splashing up like a water bowl and made us want to holler

Oh, won’t you stay
We’ll put on the day
And we’ll wear it like a studded collar 

Woke up, it was a Dog Beach morning,
And the first thing that I saw
Was the sun on muddy waters, and a Frisbee near my paw
Poodles, spaniels, Labs to welcome you, balls and sticks to beckon

Oh, won’t you stay
Well put on the day
There’s a dog show every second

Woke up, it was a Dog Beach morning,
And the first thing that I knew
There was picnic-scented garbage overflowing for us, too
And the food scraps smelled like barbecue and stuck to all my senses
(And my nose)

Oh, won’t you stay
We’ll sniff out the day
And we’ll bark in present tenses

When the swim is over and the morning runs away
I will fetch you chew toys, logs, dead stuff
If only we can stay
Pretty baby won’t you
Wake up, it’s a Dog Beach morning!

(With apologies to Joni Mitchell)