I know the dog days of the summer Have you ten-to-one out-numbered Seems like everybody up and left and they¹re not coming back The shadow that you¹re standing on¹s still here sometimes that¹s all that you can ask And your heart¹s still beating

You¹re not the fastest draw in town now How many times you been shot down now? Seems like everybody else could see the things you never did But if you could yourself you¹d probably never have made it through the things you did With your heart still beating

I know the dog days of the summer Have you ten-to-one out-numbered It seems like everybody else saw trouble sneaking up behind Left you half dead in the street but that just means you¹re half alive And your heart¹s still beating