You Can't Keep a Good Dog Down

" Why settle for a couple of bones when you can have the whole bank?"
Oh you can't keep a good dog down (No sir)
No you can't keep a good dog down
I've seen pain and hurt, I've eaten dirt (That's true)
It's hard to buy but even I have been jilted by a skirt (He lies)
But look out, I'm still around
Cause you can't keep a good dog down
Ya can't keep a good dog down (No you can't)
No no no no, you can't keep a good dog down
I've been bought and sold
He's been warm and cold
But ten to one I'll still be runnin' rackets when I'm old
Not in some cage in the city pound
Cause you can't keep a good dog
Can't keep a good, I say you can't keep a good dog down
In him's the luck of the Irish
The pride of the German
And even a bit of Siam
Siam? You see the come of the English
The charm of the Spanish
A pedigree a certainly ain't what I am
So call me a mixed up pup
(You're a mixed up pup)
But the only way this pup knows is up
Ya can't keep a good dog down
Ya can't keep a good dog down
He's been fat and thin
I've been out and in
He tried a life of virtue
But prefer a life of sin
So tonight when we own this town
I've known hunger, I've known thirst
Lived the best and seen the worst
But the only way I know to finish best to finish first
So watch out when you hear this sound
Cause you can't keep a good dog, no ya
Can't keep a good, I say you can't keep a good dog down
You can't keep a good dog down