Paper bags   In sweaty hands   Shooing flies away   Reflections on a porch   Are shelter from the scorch   When dog days came around      Babies squall   As August crawls   Past old folks in the shade   The weathervane was stuck   And White Oak Creek would drop   When dog days came around      The dog days were scorchers   Southern torchers   But we found an answer to the plight   It was a Dog Day's Night      Evening brings   A front porch scene   A time to rest your bones   And pray you won't be here   Come this time next year   When dog days come along      The dog days were scorchers   Southern torchers   But we found an answer to the plight   It was a Dog Day's Night   Mmm   Ooo      The dog days were scorchers   Wah, Southern torchers   But we found an answer to the plight   It was a Dog Day's Night   Oh, yeah      Come on dog days   Days, oh yeah