Sleeping Dogs

We're ok
all our fences built
the fields all ploughed
and the the seed's been put out
and all the dogs all the dogs are sleeping

We're ok
now that the first rain came
little tips of green appear again
and all the dogs all the dogs are sleeping

so be quiet now
'cause all the dogs all the dogs are sleeping

and we stare at our feet
and contemplate our hands and fingernails
far too scared to scan across our land
and all the dogs all the dogs are sleeping

and we wander along
and we wonder why it feels
like there's a wild pack come snapping at our heels
when all the dogs all the dogs are sleeping

so be quiet now
'cause all the dogs all the dogs are sleeping

can you keep it together
being host
to such ferocious beast
and their lingering ghosts

fix the holes in your fences
keep our loved ones inside
listening out for the faint howling at night

or just call them out
throw them a bone and call them by their names
just call them out
throw them a bone and call them by their names
all those sleeping dogs

We're ok
all our fences built
the fields all ploughed
and the the seed's been put out
and all the dogs all the dogs are sleeping