Pink Floyd - Dogs

From the album "Animals" (1977)

Lyrics :

You gotta be crazy, you gotta have a real need
You gotta sleep on your toes, and when you're on the street
You gotta be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed
And then moving in silently, down wind and out of sight
You gotta strike when the moment is right without thinking.
And after a while, you can work on points for style
Like the club tie, and the firm handshake
A certain look in the eye, and an easy smile
You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to
So that when they turn their backs on you
You'll get the chance to put the knife in.
You gotta keep one eye looking over your shoulder
You know it's going to get harder, and harder, and harder as you get older
And in the end you'll pack up, fly down south
Hide your head in the sand
Just another sad old man
All alone and dying of cancer.
And when you loose control, you'll reap the harvest you have sown
And as the fear grows, the bad blood slows and turns to stone
And it's too late to loose the weight you used to need to throw around
So have a good drown, as you go down, all alone
Dragged down by the stone.
I gotta admit that I'm a little bit confused
Sometimes it seems to me as if I'm just being used
Gotta stay awake, gotta try and shake off this creeping malaise
If I don't stand my own ground, how can I find my way out of this maze?
Deaf, dumb, and blind, you just keep on pretending
That everyone's expendable and no-one has a real friend
And it seems to you the thing to do would be to isolate the winner
And everythings done under the sun
And you believe at heart, everyone's a killer.
Who was born in a house full of pain
Who was trained not to spit in the fan
Who was told what to do by the man
Who was broken by trained personnel
Who was fitted with collar and chain
Who was given a pat on the back
Who was breaking away from the pack
Who was only a stranger at home
Who was ground down in the end
Who was found dead on the phone
Who was dragged down by the stone.

The copyright in this sound recording (April -- December 1976 at
Britannia Row Studios) is owned by Pink Floyd Music
Label : Harvest, EMI
Artist : Pink Floyd

[YTHonestCactus]

10 minutes into Pink Floyd & chill and the first song isn't even over yet

[RootKaissar]

Nation of Sheep, Rules by Dogs, Owned by Pigs . .

[rogeliorueda]

Tenia 16 años cuando escuché esta rola, ahora tengo 54 y nunca me canzo de escuchar esta obra de arte, es parte de lo que soy....saludos desde Xalapa Veracruz

[MichaelMikey]

Best Pink Floyd song ever in my opinion.

[RorschachCZ]

"You know, Its gonna get harder, harder and harder, as you get older."

[Snowbird_]

15:18 to 17:02 has got to be the greatest ending to a song of all time

[leandrogalvan]

God damn it. You can't get anything more out of a guitar than this. You just can't.

[brandieshelby]

these guys never cease to amaze me, gotta love Pink Floyd

[seansklenar]

the riff at 3:40 is my favorite anything, ever

[hectormeneses]

Have had this song stuck in my head ever since I saw Roger live last week here in Mexico.

[RootKaissar]

You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to
So that when they turn their backs on you
You'll get the chance to put the knife in.

[LagginPotato]

I just started listening to Pink Floyd today, and they just put me in a happy mood. No other band has ever made me feel this way (then again I usually listen to metal)

[thechicagoriver]

Pink Floyd at Soldier Field, Chicago, IL June 19th 1977 That Pink Pig Flying overhead, what a trip !

[ProGamerRiderAJ]

Such a masterpiece !!! I listen this song and echoes daily. Such feeling cant be expressed in words.:-)

[davidhlavac]

The finest PF song and Gilmour's best guitar work with the band.

[filippodipasqua]

You have to be trusted by the people that you like to, so when they turn their backs you've got the chance to put a knife in...
What a great guitar's solo... thanks guys!!!

[darklord]

Pink Floyd makes you think, they open the dimensional plane of your mind and fill it with.... something amazing pink floyd will always be the most badass band i know

[stevetekamp]

Pink floyd are the best band the world will ever see enjoy as much as you can and pass it on to make new floyd fans!

[richardsquires]

I love this album... It was one of my "first joint" albums way back in the 70's. Still great stuff!

[guilbatista]

Vamos aplaudir!!! Que música sensacional!!!! Viva Pink Floyd