What we′re doing is we're stalling for time while he changes his broken string
Now what I think I′ll do is I'll take this opportunity to tell y'all a story
′Cause y′all haven't heard it yet
And it goes like, goes like this
There was a, there was a fella and he had a dog, a pet dog, and he
Used to walk his dog around every now and again
And anyway, well it was a hot summer day and he was walking his dog, and he thought
He′d stop off at the bar and have himself a beer
And he did just that
He walked into the bar and he walked up to the bar, and he put
His change on the bar and he said to the bartender, "I'd like a glass of beer."
The bartender said, "Certainly, sir, coming right up."
Meanwhile, while he was waiting for his beer, he looked down the bar
And there was this fella sitting down the bar with a big black slick mean-looking dog
Now the fella down the other side of the bar with
The short fat squat ugly little yellow dog said nothing
But the guy with the big black slick mean-looking dog looked down the bar at the
Guy with the short fat squat ugly little yellow dog and said
"Hey, that sure is an ugly little dog you got there, mister, all short fat squat ugly and yellow."
Well, the guy with the short fat squat ugly
Little yellow dog said to the guy with the big black slick mean-
Looking dog said, "Yeah, well, he may be ugly but he sure can fight."
And the guy with the big black slick mean-looking dog said to the guy
With the short fat squat ugly little yellow dog said, "Yeah?"
The guy with the short fat squat ugly little yellow dog said, "Yeah."
So they decided they′d take 'em both out back behind the bar and let ′em fight it out
"I'll put a five on mine, you put a five on yours winner take home the bucks."
They figured that was a good idea and they did just that
They took 'em out in back and they let ′em fight it out
And the short fat squat ugly little yellow dog just kicked
You-know-what out of the big black slick mean-looking dog
And when the fight was over and the big black slick mean-looking dog was
Over in the corner licking his wounds, the short fat squat ugly
Little yellow dog was hopping around
The guy with the big black slick mean-looking dog allowed his, uh
"Yeah, the short tat squat ugly little yellow dog sure could fight
But I never seen a dog look like that before, all short fat squat ugly little and yellow
What kind of dog is that anyway?"
The guy with the short fat squat ugly little yellow dog said to the guy with the
Big black slick mean-looking dog
"Yeah, well, it used to be an alligator before I cut his tail off and painted him yellow."
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