At the park you try to teach a dog a brand new trickYou take a ball and toss it far and then you say "go get it"You know you can't teach an ol' dog new tricksHe only knows what he mayNo you can't teach an ol' dog new tricksHe'll only curl his tail and run awayAnd so you try a new approach, you try to hold and cuddle itYou hope he'll learn it if you try again but he just don't get itYou can't teach an ol' dog new tricksHe only knows what he mayNo you can't teach an ol' dog new tricksHe'll only curl his tail and run awayYou can't teach an ol' dog new tricksHe only knows what he's trainedNo you can't teach an ol' dog new tricksNot even if you get down and begNo you can't teach an ol' dogRemember when you saw him in the window(You bought him from the local pet store)You can't forget the first time you brought him home(You brought him home, he went on the floor)You could have taught him then if you would have known(Party No Doubt!)You can't teach an ol' dog new tricksHe only knows what he mayNo you can't teach an ol' dog new tricksHe'll only curl his tail and run awayYou can't teach an ol' dog new tricksHe only knows what he's trainedNo you can't teach an ol' dog new tricksNot even if you get down and begNo you can't teach an ol' dogNo no wayYou can't teach an ol' dog new tricksHe'll only curl his tail and run away