The Dog Is Down
Credits:
"The Dog Is Down"
Performed at the Maui Sugar Mill, Tarzana CA January 14 2023
from “In The Year of the Firemonkey" by Garretson & Gorodetsky available on Bandcamp ®2021,
Garretson & Gorodetsky:
Weba Garretson, Ralph Gorodetsky, Vince Meghrouni, Laura Grissom and Brian Christopherson
https://www.garretson-gorodetsky.com
https://garretsongorodetsky.bandcamp
/ garretsongo
/ garretsongor. .
Lyrics:
oh, the dog is down
and the man is gone
at the market I saw the farmer
eyes as blue as turquoise
skin creased by the sun
hadn’t seen her in a while
someone else tended her table
of candied beets, and curly greens and freckled pumpkins
when she explained where she’d been
I laughed at her story
when she explained what she’d seen
I shared her misery
I thought her song sounded like a story
her story sounded like a song to me
when she said
“oh, the dog is down
and the man is gone”
all I got is a bed to sleep in
all I got is a fired to keep me warm
the man is gone, the dog is down now
but I still got the farm
still got the farm