[Verse 1]
There's a black dog on my shoulder again
Licking my neck and saying she's my friend
Solitude the one thing that I really miss
Guess my life is a compromise
There's a black dog on my shoulder again
I'm playing with it but it's gone to my head
Like Carlito's Way there are no exit signs
Freeze me there until I am numb
My mouth is so dry
My eyes are shut tight

[Chorus 1]
There's a black dog a coming tonight
Black dog's a coming tonight

[Verse 2]
My dilemma but not my choice
Winston Churchill can you hear my voice
Melodrama there in my kitchen sink
Double vision the way it is

[Chorus 2]
Am I coming home to you again
Or am I stupid just by design
Does it matter if you really ever know
This black dog is out of control
My mouth is so dry
My eyes are shut tight
[Chorus 1]
There's a black dog a coming tonight
Black dog's a coming tonight

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus 2]
Am I coming home to you again
Or am I stupid just by design
Does it matter if you really ever know
This black dog is out of control
My mouth is so dry
My eyes are shut tight

[Chorus 1]
There's a black dog a coming tonight
Black dog's a coming tonight

[Instrumental Outro]
[Guitar Solo]