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
  There's a black dog a coming tonight
  Black dog's a coming tonight
    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
    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
  There's a black dog a coming tonight
  Black dog's a coming tonight
    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
  There's a black dog a coming tonight
  Black dog's a coming tonight