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Dog Gone Lyrics
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
And the news is gonna break
The news is gonna break
The news is gonna break that I am here
Out along the way I got so bogged down
I had some business there I did not slow
And a boy in the world said you've got to carry it on
And the news is gonna break
The news is gonna break
The news is gonna break that I am here
I'm not a messenger
I'm not the passenger
Got some business there but you did not know
And the point of my visit, well sir, that's to carry me on
And the news ig 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
I'm on my way
I feel so dog gone
Go 'bout your business but you did not know
And the point if there is one, well sir
That's to carry me on
And the news is gonna break
(your noose is gonna break)
the news is gonna break that I am here)
the news is gonna break that I am here
and your noose is gonna break when I am there
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
And the news is gonna break
The news is gonna break
The news is gonna break that I am here
Out along the way I got so bogged down
I had some business there I did not slow
And a boy in the world said you've got to carry it on
And the news is gonna break
The news is gonna break
The news is gonna break that I am here
I'm not a messenger
I'm not the passenger
Got some business there but you did not know
And the point of my visit, well sir, that's to carry me on
And the news ig 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
I'm on my way
I feel so dog gone
Go 'bout your business but you did not know
And the point if there is one, well sir
That's to carry me on
And the news is gonna break
(your noose is gonna break)
the news is gonna break that I am here)
the news is gonna break that I am here
and your noose is gonna break when I am there
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this song fn rules...
i know frank isn't a christian, but i know various religious traditions influence his songwriting. i've always taken this song to be somewhat about jesus. not really a preachy song, just one from jesus' perspective.
the first part is jesus accepting his fate. he begs his father to allow him to avoid his death but nothing changs (i could not pray). his followers abandoned him when the romans came after him (couldn't get no witness). then jesus eventually accepts his father's will and his fate (then a voice ... said you've got to carry it on). he takes up his cross to go up to his crucifixion (out along the way, i got so bogged down).
the point of his visit is to carry him on. carry on his teaching to achieve salvation for the masses whom without his sacrifice would be left in sheoul without being granted entrance into the eternal kingdom (your noose is gonna break when i am there).
then the bridge part about "no memphis, no nepal, etc" i'm assuming is a reference to the second coming and inevitable apocalypse.
perhaps this interpretation just got formulated in my head watching the video though with the street preacher and "the end is neigh" sign.