We staggered arm in arm here when we were younger Tried everything they said we shouldn't do And we took as many trips as we took lovers But some of those trips, a dog comes back with you And some of those trysts turned into tricycles And my wild and reckless friends got safe and old Wheeling little buddy homeward on the bicycle With all the hope and joy and poop a bike seat could hold Now the feral festival kidlets keep changing costumes They run in a pack, and dig holes in the ground And they like sleeping under the table just like the dogs do So you watch your step when there's little ones around And I'm a better person, when I'm hanging with dogs and kids Got one thing on their mind at a time, can't keep nothing hid Remind me we're alive, forgive whatever we did I'm a better person, hanging with dogs and kids So we talk about work, and what we're reading Why the bastards keep winning, and where we'd move if they did We talk about who went home with whom at the party last weekend But eventually we just watch the dogs and kids Chasing and sniffing and eating's all they're on about They don't complicate their blues, they just moan They don't think much about themselves, they just freak out If they got a bone to pick with you, it's probably just a bone And I'm a better person, when I'm hanging with dogs and kids Got one thing on their mind at a time, can't keep nothing hid Remind me we're alive, forgive whatever we did I'm a better person, hanging with dogs and kids My buddy had a string of bad luck and bad choices If it goes bad in court, one of us has to take his pup He's trying to learn to listen to the right voices Hope he don't have to miss his kid growing up We were all bulletproof daydream manifesters But all the bluster just boils down to love Just wanna be a good uncle, be a good ancestor I'm taking better care when there's someone to take care of And I'm a better person, when I'm hanging with dogs and kids Got one thing on their mind at a time, can't keep nothing hid Remind me we're alive, forgive whatever we did I'm a better person, hanging with dogs and kids