Shadow

I don’t know where he come from
The rain was pouring down
I thought I saw a movement
I thought I heard a sound
And then I looked behind me
Into the howlin’ wind
He was standin’ in my footsteps
Right where my feet had been

He’s a bad dog
He barks too much
He bites the hand that feeds
Sometimes he’s a lot like you and me
He’s a bad dog I started out
To live my life alone
But Shadow followed me home

He follows me to grocery
He follows me to church
He follows me to bed at night
He’d go thru hell or worse
He chewed up all my carpets
He wrecked my happy home
He sat down in my favorite chair
And said go find your own

He’s a bad dog
He barks too much
He bites the hand that feeds
Sometimes he’s a lot like you and me
He’s a bad dog I started out
To live this life alone
But Shadow followed me home

I took him down the highway
And chained him to a tree
Put fifty miles of blacktop
Between that dog and me
I don’t know how he did it
That night at half past four
He’s out there on my front porch
Scratchin’ at the door

He’s a bad dog
He barks too much
He bites the hand that feeds
Sometimes he’s just like you and me
He’s a bad dog I started out
To live my life alone
But Shadow followed me home

Sometimes we think we’re happy
Sometimes we think we’re free
Got everything we wanted
Everything we need
But all the dreams I’ve dreamed of
Are shrouded now in doubt
And the thing I never wanted
I just can’t live without

He’s a bad dog
He barks too much
He bites the hand that feeds
Sometimes he’s a lot like you and me
He’s a bad dog I started out
To live this life alone
But Shadow followed me home

Written by Robert Hazard - © 2004 ASCAP