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Trained Dogs
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An Americana parable about two neighbors on either side of one chain-link fence, each certain the other is the problem. Seven days of asking who is blowing the whistle, refusing manufactured anger, renewing the mind under Christ, and learning to sit at the same table as free people instead of trained dogs.
"I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye."
A song for the road you're on.
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Trained Dogs Dirt Road Gospel Music DirtRoadGospelMusic.com [Verse 1] We sat down at the table, same coffee, same town You showed me what they showed you, I showed you what I found We are both trained dogs Still fightin' over bones Two different collars from two different hands Both of us certain we understood the commands I heard your side won Man, don't they always say they won? They keep blowin' that whistle till we bust down doors Neighbors snarlin' at neighbors, don't know what for But the TV stays on Says you're the reason that it's all gone wrong Your feed quit tellin' truth, mine quit tellin' mine Both of us howlin' right on time We are both trained dogs Still fightin' over bones [Chorus] You're a good dog I'm a good dog too So who's blowin' the whistle, man? And who trained who? [Verse 2] Red yard, blue yard, same chain-link fence Everybody barkin' and nothin' makes sense We are both trained dogs Still fightin' over bones They fed us the stories that kept us in line Made your anger feel holy, man, they made mine feel divine I thought I was free 'cause my kennel was wide You thought you were free 'cause they let you outside I been loyal all my life, just to look up and see The hand that's feedin' you is the one that's feedin' me We are both trained dogs Still fightin' over bones [Chorus] You're a good dog I'm a good dog too So who's blowin' the whistle, man? And who trained who? [Bridge] Maybe the last smart thing that dogs like us can do Is quit chasin' what they point at and start askin' who threw 'Cause the same hand that trained you has been trainin' me And nothin' scares a trainer like two dogs runnin' free [Final Chorus] You're a good dog I'm a good dog too So who's blowin' the whistle, man? And who trained who? [Outro] We sat down at the table, same coffee, same town You showed me what they showed you, I showed you what I found We are both trained dogs But we ain't fightin' over bones No, we ain't fightin' over bones