There's a black dog on my shoulder again   Licking my neck and saying she's my friend   Solitude, the one thing that I really miss   Guess my life is a compromise      There's a black dog on my shoulder again   I'm playing with it but it's gone to my head   Like Carlito's way there are no exit signs      Freeze me there until I am numb   My mouth is so dry   My eyes are shut tight   There's a black dog a coming tonight   Black dogs a coming tonight      My dilemma but not my choice   Winston Churchill, can you hear my voice?   Melodrama there in my kitchen sink   Double vision, the way it is      Am I coming home to you again   Or am I stupid just by design?   Does it matter if you really ever know      This black dog is out of control   My mouth is so dry   My eyes are shut tight   There's a black dog a coming tonight   Black dogs a coming tonight      Am I coming home to you again   Or am I stupid just by design?   Does it matter if you really ever know      This black dog is out of control   My mouth is so dry   My eyes are shut tight   There's a black dog a coming tonight   Black dogs a coming tonight