Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-aye
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-aye

You can bring your dog
I got three
He can play the wolf
For the evening
If you were to get lost
Behind these lights
Ainâ??t that a good thing
Ainâ??t that a good thing
Ainâ??t that a good thing

Cause Iâ??m not making any promises
Iâ??m not living to be the Mrs.
Iâ??m not making any promises honey
But you still got that something
Pretty boy
You still got that something
Yes you might
You still got that something
Oh This I know
Uh this I know

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-aye
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-aye

That one fancies herself as a black lab
I hear that your old flame is a pure breed
Me I guess
You could say Iâ??m a Siamese
Ainâ??t that a good thing
Ainâ??t that a good thing
Ainâ??t that a good thing

Cause Iâ??m not making any promises
Youâ??ll be too busy boy
To sue her for damages
Iâ??m not making any promises honey
But you still got that something
Pretty boy
You still got that something
Yes you might
You still got that something
Oh this I know
Uh this I know

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-aye
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-aye

You can bring your dog anytime
You can bring your dog
You can bring your dog
You can bring them all
You can bring your mom
Ah ah bring your bog
Baby baby
Please man
Bring your dog

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-aye
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-aye
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-aye.


Lyrics submitted by stentorian

You Can Bring Your Dog Lyrics as written by Tori Ellen Amos

Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing

Lyrics powered by LyricFind

You Can Bring Your Dog song meanings
Add Your Thoughts

8 Comments

sort form View by:
  • 0
    General Comment

    Dog could be, and probably is, a metaphor for many, many things. I agree with you raffishtenant2, that it’s about animalistic attraction.

    More specifically, I think that by dog she means men, of which she has three. Men are often referred to as dogs, but perhaps she doesn’t mean it so cynically. Dogs are also very loyal and loving, so referring to a man as a dog isn’t necessarily a bad thing, though clearly one is predatory if he is a wolf. This particular man may be a wolf in that he is on the hunt for a woman (I’m assuming that is what she means) or that he is alone for the evening (the lone wolf. And all that).
    If you were to get lost behind these locks. Locks as in hair? That’s what it reminds me of, because my boyfriend often gets buried by my hair while we are making love, so she could mean this literally. Figuratively, hair can be a symbol of femininity and power also; he could be getting lost behind these qualities in her. She is outshining him or winning him over. As someone said, she is proclaiming her independence. She’s not making promises. She doesn’t want to be just a wife, she wants to be her own person. Yet she still can’t help being attracted to him and wanting to be with him despite her desire to be an independent woman. The black lab is obviously a woman who thinks very highly of herself, and must be quite arrogant. Being a Siamese makes her different from everyone else in the song, as the rest of them are dogs. She is saying that she’s different, unusual, something new and more appealing. Dogs often chase cats, so she has all of these men chasing her (including the pure breed). Though she’s not living to be a wife and she does enjoy the chase, she still wants to be loved, hence the last line. These are just my thoughts, but I think they sound plausible.

    Can anyone shed any light on the “You can bring your mom” part? Did Tori just throw that in there to be random? For humour? Or do you think it is actually significant to the song? I have no idea.

    ProfessionalWidowon February 16, 2008   Link

Add your thoughts

Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.

Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!

More Featured Meanings

Album art
Mental Istid
Ebba Grön
This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
Album art
Mountain Song
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988. "'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it." "There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
Album art
Gentle Hour
Yo La Tengo
This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version. Great version of a great song,
Album art
No Surprises
Radiohead
Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
Album art
Head > Heels
Ed Sheeran
“Head > Heels” is a track that aims to capture what it feels like to experience romance that exceeds expectations. Ed Sheeran dedicates his album outro to a lover who has blessed him with a unique experience that he seeks to describe through the song’s nuanced lyrics.