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Cats and Dogs (Irreconcilable Differences) Words and Music by Craig Lincoln 2002 by Craig Lincoln
(Verse 1) Dogs will be dogs They have no social grace They sniff your crotch then lick your face A bark and wagging tail are dialog To a dog A simple life -- chase and fetch What you see is what you catch Cold nose and dirty paws
(Verse 2) Cats will be cats They let you stroke their fur They curl up in your lap and purr Sweet contentment seems like where its at To a cat But when theyve had enough of it They arch their backs and hiss and spit And scratch you with their claws
(Chorus 1) Nature uses chemistry To maximize diversity By guaranteeing opposites attract Consequently, sad to say When you give your heart away It rarely gets returned to you intact
(Verse 3) Boys will be boys If you believe in fairy tales Theyre mostly made of puppy tails And the rest is just bravado and noise Those are boys Some of whom grow up to be Men who simply cannot see The forest for the trees
(Verse 4) Girls will be girls Made from sugar and from spice Some more like fire and ice Complicated contrasts in curls Those are girls The elements that theyre made from Can leave some women they become Torn up by the slightest breeze
(Chorus 2) You and I thought we could fly And gravity did not apply To syncopated lovers such as we The view we shared together Never foresaw stormy weather Let alone a hurricane at sea
(Bridge) But love will always find a way At least thats what they say (Ah, but what do they know, anyway?)
(Verse 5) I will be me All the bad and good about me The woulda, coulda, should about me All that great potential- You see its not to be I just go on my way Living mostly day-to-day A present absentee
(Verse 6) You will be you All the manic madness of you The paralyzing sadness of you Your ups and downs as manifold As waves upon the sea And all the things you cant control Weigh so heavy on your soul For you, no guarantee
(Chorus 3) I keep an even keel By focusing and trying to deal With things that I can touch and feel and see You are moved by darker forces Welling up from deeper sources Your soul music in a minor key
(Instrumental)
(Verse 7) And so it goes Our fairy-tale romance Never had a snowballs chance Of surviving lifes realities And off go we To drift apart without a clue And nothing we could say or do Can change our histories
(Tag) Just like... Tails and claws... Natures laws... CATS and DOGS... ....And you and me.
[This message has been edited by Linc (edited 08-31-2002).]
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