Why Does a Dog Have More Rights Than I?

From Menagerie - Words & Music by Hope Levy


If I bring my own plastic bag

Can I take a dump on the sidewalk…


If I …eat a turkey leg 

Can I bury it in the park…


I feel so demeaned

When I am denied the right

To use your facility

When I have to pee

Where do you go
Dogs use a tree 


Oh why … does a dog have more rights than I


A dog gets to walk on all fours

But if I were to walk on all fours I’d be institutionalized


And a dog gets to let its tongue hang on out

But if I were to let mine hang out

I’d be crucified, even though they don’t do that anymore


A dog gets a pat on the head, throughout the day

Can be a seeing eyed dog, given the right of way

And dogs never wait in line


Oh why does a dog have more rights than I

Oh why does a dog have more rights than I


Sounds of barking during instrumental


I feel so demeaned

When I am denied the right

To lick a total stranger’s hand

When I feel delight

Dogs jump on people all the time


Oh why does a dog have more rights than I

Oh why does a dog have more rights than I

It’s true

 That a dog has more rights than I

Oh why does a dog have more rights than I


Howling…..

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