Story Behind The Song
Difficulties in surviving each day
| Song Length |
3:59 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary, Blues - General |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Anxious, Stressed |
Subject |
General |
| Similar Artists |
Bob Dylan |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
It's a dog eat dog world out there
'round every corner got to beware
Lying awake, can't get to sleep
Anticipating, a morning of grief
All I ask for is something more
But it's a dog eat dog, situation out there
Met a man, said his name was Fu Manchu
Said he would teach me, all that he knew
Forty days, forty nights I spent in his trance
When I awoke, had no change of circumstance
All I ask for is something more
But it's a dog eat dog, situation out there
break
It ain't easy on the street
It can be so hard to find
Truth that's hidden in deceit
Hard to see the other side
Double trouble, sat there on a heap
I tried, climbing the bubble, but it was too steep
Heaven or hell, I was dumbstruck
To find that the answer's just a matter of luck
All I ask for is something more
But it's a dog eat dog, situation out there