Rush - Dog Years Lyrics

Music is great. This should have been reconstructed to be an instrumental.

In a dog's life
a year is
really more
like seven

and all too soon
a canine
will be chasing cars
in doggie heaven

it seems to me
as we make our own
few circles
'round the sun

we get it
backwards
and our seven years
go by like one

dog years

it's the season
of the itch
with every scratch
it reappears

in the dog
days
people look
to sirius

dogs cry
for the moon
but those connections
are mysterious

it seems to me
while it's true
that every dog
will have his day

when all the bones are buried
there is barely
time to go
outside and play

dog years

it's the season
of the itch
with every scratch
it reappears

dog years

for every sad son
of a bitch
with his tail
between his ears

I'd rather be a tortoise
from Galapagos
or a span
of geological time

than be living in these dog years

in a dog's brain
a constant buzz
of low-level
static

one sniff
at the hydrant
and the answer
is automatic

it seems to me
as we make our own
few circles
'round the block

we've lost
our senses
for the higher-level
static of talk

I'd rather be a Tortoise from Galapagos... 🐢

This isn't as bad as I thought. Rocking as hell. 😁

I absolutely love the bridge in this song

This is and has always been badass

In a rush life, a year is really more like 40
a drummer will be chasing money and beats in rock star heaven

I listen to Rush. What's _your_ genre? #RushRulesAll

Monstrueuse basse de killer!

I heard an interview with Neil shortly after T4E came out, where he admitted to being pretty drunk when he wrote this. Apparently when he sobered up, he and the boys thought it was still good and kept the lyrics as is.

Crazy that even decidedly less serious lyrics written by Neil still carry that same perceptive, philosophical and inward looking lyrical style that would be the average lyricists best.

Neil had to be cracking up when he wrote this. One of my favorites from this release.

Totally

Top flight group.