Oh, little dog wagging your tail, you're so cute little dog
But you're never gonna be smart like a man, no
Never gonna build a bridge or philosophize
Or write a symphony that brings a tear to my eye, no
Like Shostakovich did, can you hear it?
Never gonna stare up at the universe overcome with emotion
That only a human being can feel
Which brings me to my point and my point is real
Human beings are amazing
Human beings are amazing
Human beings are amazing
Human beings are amazing
Yeah, human beings are amazing 'cause we're capable of love
We're capable of of empathy for the man across the street
The woman across the street
Someone we didn't even meet, with a tear rollin' down their cheek
What is that inside of you inside of me?, I don't know
Do you love someone?, yeah (do you love someone)
You're better than a dog, yeah
You're better than a dog
Everybody knows dog don't really love and if he acts like he do
You leave seven days later he forgot about you
Would you compromise? (come on baby, let's compromise)
You're better than a dog, yeah
Everybody knows dogs don't compromise
And if they do, they're an exception to the rule
Would you share your food? (everybody) yeah
(Everybody share your food)
You're better than a dog, yeah
Everybody knows dogs don't share their food
If there's one thing a dog does not do, is share his food
But I'm not here to hate dogs, I'm here to love human beings
Human beings are amazing
Human beings are amazing
Human beings are amazing
Human beings are amazing
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Yeah, human beings are amazing even if we make a mistake
Even if we do something wrong, even if we hurt someone
Have you made a mistake? (I still think you're amazing)
Have you done something wrong? (oh, I still think you're amazing)
Have you hurt someone? (oh, I still think you're amazing)
You wanna know why?, yeah?, 'cause you can lie to me (you can lie)
You can lie to me (you can lie)
You can lie when you see that the truth is not easy
You can lie to me (you can lie)
You can lie to me (you can lie)
You can lie when you see that truth is not easy
And if there's one thing a dog cannot do, it's lie
Human beings are amazing
Human beings are amazing
Human beings are amazing
Human beings are amazing
But, there's a big ol' "But" in the middle of the song
But, sometimes I wish I was a dog, yeah
Sometimes I wish I was a dog, yeah
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Sometimes I wish I was a dog, yeah
And if you wanna know why
Sometimes I wish I was a dog
I tell you why sometimes I wish I was a dog
'Cause I don't wanna get cynical, no
I don't wanna get cynical, no
'Cause I don't wanna get cynical, no
And sometimes it's hard not to get cynical
In this crazy tyrannical world
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Like when you think about war
Like when you think about rich people fucking over the poor
When you think about monopolies on the information that we see
I was in front of you and me, what you're led to believe
It's in the hands of some rich man deciding what comes to you
And what you understand
When you think about barrel bombs falling from the sky
Like when you think about the tears in the mamas' eyes as they cry
When you think about private prisons
With thousands of men and women in 'em
Working for a dollar fifty a day
Gotta pay five dollars for a tube of toothpaste
Gotta pay 20 dollars for a calling card just to call his mom
To the same corporation that has him there for a profit
I don't know 'bout you, but to me that just seems wrong
That's why I'm singin' this song
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You better stay on the right side of the law, yeah
You better stay on the right side of the law
You better stay on the right side of the law, little dog
'Cause if you don't stay on the right side of the law
They're gonna call their men, they're gonna come in a van
They're gonna pull out a syringe, they're gonna fill it with liquid
You're gonna feel your life go dark
You're gonna feel your life go dark
You're gonna feel your life go dark
You better stay on the right side of the law, yeah
You better stay on the right side of the law, yeah
You better stay on the right side of the law, little dog
'Cause if you don't stay on the right side of the law
We live in a tyrannical world