I could not pray
I felt so dog gone
Couldn't get no witness but I did not know
Then a voice in a whisper said you've got to carry it on
Why carry "it" on, why not just "carry on"? Carry what on? And whose whisper? The narrator's?
And the news is gonna break
And the news is gonna break
Yeah, your noose is gonna break when I am there
No Paris
No Nepal
No Barstow
Won't be none of them at all
No Congo
No Kish or Kishangargh
No Memphis
It doesn't matter who you are
The news/noose is gonna break when you are where, then?
Ahhhh, the mysteries, the ambiguity...and the gorgeous somber tone of the song.
In an interview, Frank Black said that Dog Gone was inspired by religious music, though the theme of this song is not religious.
Frank Black - Dog Gone (mp3)
From Frank Black and the Catholics.
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