Dog Days Are Over

Happiness hit her
like a train on a track
Coming towards her,
stuck, still no turning back

She hid around corners
and she hid under beds
She killed it with kisses
and from it she fled

With every bubble
she sank with her drink
And washed it away
down the kitchen sink

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run

Run fast for your mother,
run fast for your father
Run for your children,
for your sisters and your brothers
Leave all your love
and your longing behind
You can't carry it with you
if you want to survive

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come

And I never wanted
anything from you
Except everything you had and
What was left after that too, oh

Happiness hit her
like a bullet in the back
Struck from a great height by someone
Who should know better than that

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come

Run fast for your mother,
run fast for your father
Run for your children,
for your sisters and your brothers
Leave all your love
and your longing behind
You can't carry it with you
if you want to survive

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you'd better run

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you'd better run