[Hook]
                           

[Verse 1]
             
I had to go in

             
to the hills a

             
nd see a man a

       
bout a dog
           
He said "Get h

              
ere before the

           
 sun goes down

       
"
             
And so I get i

             
nto the truck 

             
and turn a rig

      
ht at Friday H

ut
           
I′ll come home

            
 around the to

         
wn
              
The rain it sl

             
apped the land

      
 from sleep
             
It was green w

        
ithin a week
           
Two birds esco

      
rt me in
           
The world turn

              
ing on the fla

        
sh of a wing

[Chorus]
            
  And the wors

             
e that it was 

              
the better it 

         
will be
              
You held onto 

             
the tail and t

              
hat's a victor

   
y
          
All this talk 

              
of how to be h

  
appy
            
And I′m off to

              
 see a man abo

     
ut a dog

[Hook]
                           

[Verse 2]
             
And when I get

             
 up to the sha

              
ck first night

             
 I hear the bi

      
g old cat
           
Rumbling out a

           
t sea
             
Yeah come on t

              
ake the turn t

  
o land
             
Not just a lig

              
ht show and a 


band
           
It's the soaki

               
ng we need
             
The farmer dre

              
ams of cattle 


fed
             
Tonight he's w

              
orking from hi

  
s bed
           
On the roof th

        
e heavy drops
              
That′ll break 

           
the silence of

     
 the frogs

[Chorus]
            
  And the wors

             
e that it was 

              
the better it 

         
will be
              
You held onto 

             
the tail and t

              
hat's a victor

   
y
          
All this talk 

              
of how to be h

  
appy
            
  But not a li

           
ttle content
          
Naught 'til ′2

               
1's not a pity
            
When I′m off t

o see a man
            
Off to see a m

           
an about a dog

[Hook]
                           

[Verse 3]
             
Old farmer lim

              
ping down the 


lane
             
His medal-winn

         
er's out again
           
And he waves a

           
t me
              
And through th

             
e wonder of it

 
 all
             
Put on Neil Yo

              
ung at Massey 

            
Hall seventy-t

               
wo or three
              
Yeah and it's 

             
dark when I ge

  
t home
             
And I feel som

              
ething coming 


on
           
Blindfold, Arv

  
o Pärt
           
I'm taking eve

              
ryone on that 

        
drive I swear

[Chorus]
            
  And the wors

             
e that it was 

              
the better it 

         
will be
              
You held onto 

             
the tail and t

              
hat's a victor

   
y
          
All this talk 

              
of how to be h

  
appy
            
  But not a li

           
ttle content
          
I used to love

              
 the Greek wom


en
            
  And now I lo

         
ve Greek men
          
  I′m a Stoic 

          
in the morning
            
Out the city g

           
ate before lon

g
          
Want no part o

              
f the new age 

          
that's dawning
            
Cause I'm off 

              
to see a man, 


off to see a m

an
            
I′m off to see

              
 a man about a

 
 dog

[Outro]
                     

           
I'm taking eve

              
ryone on that 

        
drive I swear