Dog Dreams

This post brought to you by Soccer Mom in Denial - posting every Monday on a different musical memory (some are freakin' hilarious!).

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This post is dedicated to memory of Wilma, a dog who lived the dream.

One of my favorite songs on The Story's album, Grace in Gravity is "Dog Dreams". It is exactly that - what a dog is dreaming about. I once had this dog bed for Wilma that had little clouds with fire hydrants and dog bones all over it. Wilma dreamed a lot. She would also talk in her sleep. On many an occasion I would wake up in the middle of the night to hear Wilma "talking". It was not yelping or barking or snoring (though she did plenty of the latter). She was having a conversation - her voice would come out in spurts with inflections - so human.

Of course this song always makes think of her. Today would have been her 18th birthday. We miss you Wilma.

"Dog Dreams"

Me and Rex took the car,
ha, ha, stay home...stay.
We're gonna run over
all the neighborhood cats,
'cause they tease us from
the other side of the fence.
We're gonna go in the swamp
and you can't hose us off.

Dog Dreams, Dog Dreams
Please don't wake us up!

No bad dog, No stay,
No basement, No way,
No choke chain, No dry food,
No fetch game, No, No, No,
No bad dog, No stay,
No basement, No way,
No choke chain, No dry food,
No sit, lie down, roll over, SHAME.

Me and Rex took the car,
ha, ha, stay home...stay.
We're gonna go through
everyone's garbage,
have the dinners we deserve.
We're gonna find some great-smelling bitches,
and see if they meant what they said
from the end of the leash.

Dog Dreams, Dog Dreams
Please don't hose us off!

No bad dog, No stay,
No basement, No way,
No choke chain, No dry food,
No fetch game, No, No, No,
No bad dog, No stay,
No basement, No way,
No choke chain, No dry food,
No sit, lie down, roll over, SHAME.