(Chorus) A tango scheduled Loss prevented What maintains it I can manage My dog Abbi She’s got me trained I’m learning about training My life is changing I’m as free as my history As the contingencies that shaped me I can do what These conditions occasion Then more of it or less Depending on the payout (Chorus) A tango scheduled Loss prevented What maintains it I can manage My dog Abbi She’s got me trained I’m learning about training My life is changing Some contingencies have faded and are gone What got me to the beach Day after day to ride the waves Those are gone My friends who maintained it All moved away (Chorus) A tango scheduled Loss prevented What maintains it I can manage My dog Abbi She’s got me trained I’m learning about training My life is changing I spoke of why I did things As if the why was in me Ask me now and I’ll say The why is behind me Left by Skinner’s knife (Chorus) A tango scheduled Loss prevented What maintains it I can manage My dog Abbi She’s got me trained I’m learning about training My life is changing I talk to my friends They roll their eyes when I say behavior But they listen when I talk So I’ll talk again I’ll say behavior and they’ll Roll their eyes right across the floor (Chorus) A tango scheduled Loss prevented What maintains it I can manage My dog Abbi She’s got me trained I’m learning about training My life is changing
