Lyrics Black Dog on the Beach - Bill Callahan

A black dog
Followed
Me
We chased the seagulls in the sky
And the shadows on the sand

Well, if Dad was
In the Navy
I'll be a riverboat gambling man
Not counting the buffet
I'd walk with a thousand dollars a day

Oh, Dad always said
If he could have he would have loved to live this way

Sick and
Lonesome
And in need
Of discipline and company
The discipline of company

Well, I guess I can describe it best
As the year the lion left the family crest
And we made a crown out of the space that was left