Youth Culture Killed My Dog by They Might Be Giants
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Intro:
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Youth culture
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Youth culture killed my dog
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and I don’t think it’s fair
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and his suicide can be justified
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by the tastemakers how they cried and cried
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Bacharach and David
used to write his favourite songs
never would he worry
he’d just run and fetch the ball
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but the night lights and my dog’s life
aren’t exactly one and the same
Youth culture killed my dog
and I don’t think it’s fair
and the judgement made in the city of hate
just broke his spirit so
Bacharach and David used to write his favourite songs
never would he worry he’d just run and fetch the ball
but the hip-hop and the white funk
just blew away my puppy’s mind
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I don’t understand what you did to my dog
Youth culture killed my dog
and I don’t think it’s fair
and his suicide can be justified
by the tastemakers how they cried and cried
Youth culture…
-E.M.
