Name: Untrained Pup
Channel: music: Heather T. Strong & lyrics: Kate Connick
Description: What happens when somebody sees a neighbor's well behaved Golden and then impulsively picks out one for themselves from a puppy store?

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What happens when somebody sees a neighbor's well behaved Golden and then impulsively picks out one for themselves from a puppy store?

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Reminiscent of the sounds of Joni Mitchell, Carol King and Joan Baez, Heather T. Strong's music is idealistic, humorous and folksy. Most recently, she co-wrote

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Song Info

Genre

Acoustic • Acoustic Folk

Charts

Peak #247

Peak in subgenre #22

Author

music: Heather T. Strong & lyrics: Kate Connick

Rights

2004 Heather T. Strong & Kate Connick

Uploaded

August 27, 2004

Track Files

MP3

MP3 4.2 MB • 128 kbps • 4:37

Character

Energy

relaxed, cool

high-energy

Lyrics

I live next door to the McKays.
Their Golden set me craving.
I longed to have a dog like her,
So sweet and well-behaving.

They spy me in the puppy store.
Just browsing, I insist.
They try to talk some sense at me,
"Don't do it," they persist.

Pups are cute, but not for long.
Soon they grow too big and strong,
Learn bad habits, play too rough,
End up breaking all your stuff.
You need to take the time to train.
This isn't about vanity.
A Golden with no education
Will rob you of your sanity.

In one ear and in thin air;
Their words were put to waste.
Advice is never well received
When one is moved by haste.
Visions of my new dog
Snoring by the fire.
Driven by sweet fantasy,
I become a puppy buyer.

Pups are cute, but not for long.
Soon they grow too big and strong,
Learn bad habits, play too rough,
End up breaking all your stuff.
You need to take the time to train.
This isn't about vanity.
A Golden with no education
Will rob you of your sanity.

Furniture in tatters,
Urine my perfume.
This golden, hairy pac-man
Thinks home is his bathroom.

My arm's 6-inches longer.
He's chewed my hands all up.
This isn't even close
To how I'd pictured my new pup.

Pups are cute, but not for long.
Soon they grow too big and strong,
Learn bad habits, play too rough,
End up breaking all your stuff.
You need to take the time to train.
This isn't about vanity.
A Golden with no education
Will rob you of your sanity.

It occurs to me, my neighbor's words
May have held the truth.
Pups require guidance.
Mine is living proof.

I face an uphill journey.
A dog takes time, I've learned.
A model canine citizen
Is something to be earned.

Pups are cute, but not for long.
Soon they grow too big and strong,
Learn bad habits, play too rough,
End up breaking all your stuff.
You need to take the time to train.
This isn't about vanity.
A Golden with no education
Will rob you of your sanity.

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