Monkees Gonna Buy Me A Dog
by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart M=Micky; D=Davy, CR=Control Room (Tommy Boyce) (M: Now? CR: Just a minute... M: You know my girl...Now? CR: Jus'...Now! M: Now?) You know my girl just called me up, And she woke me from my sleep, (D: *SNORE* M: ...You should...) You should have heard the things she said, You know she hurt my feelings deep. I'm gonna buy me a dog (D: A dog? M: A dog! D: Why? M: Why?) 'Cause I need a friend now, (D: Babe, you need all the friends you can get, I'm telling you) I'm gonna buy me a dog, My girl, my girl, don't love me no how. (M: Don't ruin my song, man, it's the only song I have! D: It was already ruined before it was wrote!) (M: Uh, where's the verse...) She used to bring me my, my newspaper, (M: Here it is... D: You don't even know where it's at) 'Cause she knew where it was at, She used to keep me so contented, But, I can teach a dog to do that. I'm gonna buy me a dog, (D: You couldn't teach a dog to do that, you can only train elephants) 'Cause I need a friend, now, (D: I need a friend, now... M: Now! D: Yeah!) I'm gonna buy me a dog, (D: A dog. Here, Rover, Fido, Spot... M: A dog. Here boy!) My girl, my girl, don't love me no how. (M: One D: Two M: Three D: Four-Six-Eight-Nine M: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-Hike! D: Hike? M: Hike! D: I was late on that one... M: Oh, yeah... D: I just got back from Africa, y'know? I was playing cards with the natives... M: Oh! Zulus? D: No, I usually won, ha-ha M: Gee...I wish I had a glass of water... D: Why, are you thirsty? M: No, I want to see if my neck leaks... M: I'd buy a raccoon, but, John already has one... D: 35 bucks! M: Where...where do I come in? CR: Get ready... M: ...Get ready...Ah!) I'm gonna buy me a dog, (D: Dog... M: A dog...Hmmm... D: Yeah...) 'Cause I need a friend, now, (D: Yeah-yeah M: Yeah, boop-boop, sh-bop-bop, ram-a-lam) I'm gonna buy me a dog, (CR: Try the next verse again... M: What?) My girl, my girl don't love me no how. (M: How D: Now brown cow... M: How now, brown cow...I think I'm gonna buy me a dog, yessir! I'm gonna buy me a dog! If I was looking for a word to describe what I'm gonna buy, I think dog would be the word. D: Would it...would it be dog? M: It would be dog.. D: Definitely dog... M: It would come springing from my lips...dog... D: Springing from...let's get out of here, c'mon... M: Boing! Boing! Boing! It would be springing from my.. D: Is that it, Tommy? Can you turn it off, please? Can someone open the door and let us out? They're coming to take us away, ha-ha, hee-hee, ho-ho... fade out....Sheesh!!!!