Old Dog Blues

Give me freedom, all of my days

You can save me a seat but thanks I’ll pay my own way

Though I’ve mastered getting by on my own

Lately it seems I spend too much time alone

Cut me loose and let me run ‘til I drop in my tracks

Don’t use that excuse about not letting me go

‘Cause you’re scared I might not come back

I need a true friend, won’t tell me no lies

Don’t want to ever see that when I look in your eyes

Don’t expect you to find the whole world in me

Least I’m smart enough to know it’s something I could never be

Cut me loose and let me run ‘til I drop in my tracks

Don’t use that excuse about not letting me go

‘Cause you’re scared I might not come back

I need love’s high-risk gamble with it’s laughter and tears

It’s my Owen special tonic for my own special fears

Don’t think for a minute I don’t understand

The difference it makes each time you take hold of my hand

Cut me loose and let me run ‘til I drop in my tracks

Don’t use that excuse about not letting me go

‘Cause you’re scared I might not come back