Gonna Buy Me A Dog Lyrics
And she woke me from my sleep
(Zzzzzz)
You should have heard the things she said,
You know she hurt my feelings deep.
A dog?
A dog.
Why?
Why, cause I need a friend now.
Babe, you need all the friends you can get, I'm telling you.
I'm gonna buy me a dog.
My girl, my girl don't love me no how.
Don't ruin my song, man.
It's the only song I have!
The song was already ruined before it was wrote.
You don't even know where it's at!
Cause she knew where it was at.
She used to keep me so contented.
But I can teach a dog to do that!
You can't teach dogs to do that, you can only train elephants.
Cause I need a friend now.
I need a friend now
Now
Yeah
I'm gonna buy me a dog,
A dog, here Rover, Fido, Spot
My girl, my girl don't love me no how.
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Hike!
Hike
Hike
I was late on that one.
I just got back from Africa, ya know, I was playing cards with the natives.
Oh, Zulus?
No, I usually won, haha.
I wish I had a glass of water.
Why, are you thirsty?
No, I want to see if my neck leaks.
I'd buy a raccoon but John already has one.
35 bucks.
Where do I come in? Here?
A dog,
A dog, umm yeah.
Cause I need a friend now
Yeah, yeah
Boop boop shebop bop ramalama
I'm gonna buy me a dog
My girl, my girl don't love me no how
How
How
How now brown cow?
yes sir.
I'm gonna buy me a dog,
If I was looking for a word to describe what I'm gonna buy
I think dog would be the word.
Would it be dog?
It would be dog.
Definitely dog.
It would come springing from my lips, dog
Boing, boing boing.
It would be springing!
Is that it, Tommy?
Can you turn it off please?
Can somebody open the door and let us out?
They're coming to take us away!
Ha ha, he he, ho ho.
The thing about this song is, it was originally written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart. Don Kirshner originally wanted the boys to sing it just like a normal song...no wisecracks. The Monkees, along with Boyce and Hart, thought the song would be dull and kinda stupid...and if you think about it, it would be!! So...they had a trick up their sleeve to just ad lib funny things during the recording, without Kirshner's consent. When they finally did it, Don Kirshner ended up loving it, and it was released on "The Monkees" album.
i love this song! it cracks me up every time, man.. "i'd buy a raccoon but john already has one." "35 bucks." lol.. great song, why is no one commenting?!
davy and micky were making fun of the songs stupid lyrics. evil don kirshner apparently has a sense of humor and used this version. the raccoon was a pet of mike's friend John London. supposedly, it cost 35 bucks. I love this song. it's soo funny!
i love this song! it cracks me up every time, man.. "i'd buy a raccoon but john already has one." "35 bucks." lol.. great song, why is no one commenting?!
I think it was just Davy and Micky stoned out of their minds,and just having fun!After all these years I still don't know what the whole racoon thing is about!Thanks for the memories! A true LOL!
I totally agree with everyone here. Those who don't know much about the Monkees think it's a stupid pre-written song, but it really is them making fun of Donny Kirshner. He didn't get it I guess so Donny put it out on their album!
Micky's damn-fool ad-libbing at the end absolutely makes this song for me, especially when he gives that little chuckle in the middle of it. That, and his laughing over the lyrics "I can teach a dog to do that." It makes me laugh every. single. time. I didn't realize there was a misconception that all the little in-jokes were written into the song.
Love this, makes me laugh every time. Even without the ad-libbing I think it's pretty clever, going for a nice spin on the "my girl left me / I can't find a girl" songs and finding optimism in some four-legged companionship instead.