[Intro] [Sparse acoustic guitar, soft harmonica] [Verse 1] Thumb out on the blacktop, sun sitting low Boots full of gravel and nowhere to go Then this mutt comes walking like he owns the lane Sits down beside me and waits for the rain [Verse 2] No collar, no name tag, just a calm old stare Like he’s been on this highway longer than air I say “You hitching too?” and he tilts his head And somehow I hear him clear as he said [Chorus] He talks too much for a dog on the run Keeps telling me stories ‘bout the things that he’s done Says “You look like a man who’s been losing too long I’ve been lost myself, boy, I know that song” Hitching with a stranger who won’t shut his mouth Even though the stranger’s just a dog heading south [Verse 3] He tells me ‘bout a farm where the nights were kind ‘Bout a kid who left him and never looked behind Says people come and people go like weather But the road itself is the only thing that lasts forever [Chorus] He talks too much for a dog on the run Keeps telling me stories ‘bout the things that he’s done Says “You look like a man who’s been losing too long I’ve been lost myself, boy, I know that song” Hitching with a stranger who won’t shut his mouth Even though the stranger’s just a dog heading south [Bridge] We walk ‘til the headlights start cutting the dark He never shuts up, not even to bark Just keeps on talking in that quiet mind-voice Like he’s been waiting years for somebody to listen [Final Chorus] He talks too much for a dog on the run Keeps telling me stories ‘bout the things that he’s done Says “You look like a man who’s been losing too long I’ve been lost myself, boy, I know that song” Hitching with a stranger who won’t shut his mouth Even though the stranger’s just a dog… heading south [Outro] (Just a dog heading south…) (Just a dog…)
