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Good Dogs

from So Far, No Good by Really Great

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ahh, good dogs! in case it's somehow not obvious it's basically an elegy for my childhood dog, iona. her death was really really awful, and i got to see her just a few days before she died, and it was heartbreaking. i wrote this song as a way to process that experience, and also memorialize her, since she was, as the song suggests, a good dog. a great dog, even! a *Really Great* dog, even! anyway sometimes loss has a funny way of putting things in perspective - the last part of the song is basically an unfiltered stream of consciousness of how i felt when i found out she was going to die. basically the same idea as "Ethiopians" by the mountain goats, i guess, but more dog-focused. not sure what john darnielle was thinking not mentioning dogs in that song.

lyrics

iona: i miss you bad
you're the only one i talked to; the best friend i ever had
and when our parents were furious cause of something that you did
we'd hang out in my room because we were just stupid kids

i can't stay mad at you
i never wanted to

when i saw you, you could barely lift your head
you lost about 10 pounds and then you couldn't leave your bed
and i can't stress enough that i was alone as a kid
now that you're looking grim i think of all the good you did

i wish you could pull through
but you're not going to

and everything you did for me reminds me what a friend should be
all the times i was depressed you'd stay with me; id feel your breath
on my skin
i want you back again.

i guess i wish that nothing died
at least, nothing i ever liked
but bad things seem to stick around
while good dogs end up underground

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from So Far, No Good, released March 4, 2022

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