CHARLIE & (ITCHY)
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 (That's right)
I've eaten dirt (That's true)
It's hard to buy but even I
Have been jilted by a skirt (He lies)
Look out, I'm still around
'Cause you can't keep a good dog down
ITCHY & (CHARLIE)
Ya can't keep a good dog down (No you can't)
No no no no, you can't keep a good dog down
CHARLIE
I've been bought and sold
ITCHY
He's been warm and cold
CHARLIE
But ten to one I'll still be running
Rackets when I'm old
ITCHY
Not in some cage in the city pound
BOTH
'Cause you can't keep a good dog
Can't keep a good
I say you can't keep a good dog down
ITCHY
In him's the luck of the Irish
CHARLIE
The pride of the German
ITCHY
And even a bit of Siam
CHARLIE
Siam? You see the come of the English
ITCHY
The charm of the Spanish
CHARLIE & (ITCHY)
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
ALL
Ya can't keep a good dog down
Ya can't keep a good dog down
ITCHY
He's been fat and thin
CHARLIE
I've been out and in
ITCHY
He tried a life of virtue
CHARLIE
But prefer a life of sin
BOTH
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
BOTH
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
ALL
You can't keep a good dog down