I'll Take the Dog

Well we've just come from the courthouse

And the judge said we can go our separate ways

And all we own will be divided

Just like the separation papers say

You can keep the curtains and the tables and the chairs

All those dirty dishes in the sink

You can keep the golf clubs and the television set

And the lawnmower that's always on the blink

You can keep all those records and the hi-fi set

By the fire with its gas burning low

You can keep the car

You can keep the boat

And I'll take the dog

Oh no, I'm taking the dog

Well who's gonna bring me my papers?

Who's gonna keep me company?

You're gonna have to give him up

Oh I'm not parting with that pup

'Cause the dog belongs to me

To me? Hey Pete, I think you forget

Who feeds that dog every night

And who looked after him when he was sick

Ah Di, I think you might forget

Who's taken him to the vet all those times

And paid for his shots at fifty bucks a lick

Well you can just forget about him

I'm not leaving here without him

Well I guess you'll have to stay

I think that's the only way

Okay

I'll give back the curtains and the tables and the chairs

I'll wash those dirty dishes in the sink

I won't take the golf clubs and that television set

I'll mend the mower that's always on the blink

We'll both listen to the records on the hi-fi set

By the fire with its gas burning low

We'll go driving in our car

And sailing in our boat

And we'll both take the dog

Come here Pixie little thing

Ah come to mama