Nodding Dog

[Verse] Fastened through my shoelace He hangs on every word Swirling through my coffee cup Talk sugar sweetly stirred I'm a music box bird Caged until I've crude Wind me up again please Rub salt on every wound [Chorus] Fools follow instructions They're so eager to please You can borrow or beg Got your tail 'tween your legs And I'm pleading down on my knees Teach me the tricks of the trade I'm a nodding dog The notches on the bedpost Were like names carved on a tree You drew an etch-a-sketch heart Just to shake up and wipe clean He dreamt a mighty tempest Had swept us out to sea While you were steady as the shore breathed in I was gasping to be free [Chorus] Fools follow instructions They're so eager to please You can borrow or beg Got your tail between your legs And I'm pleading down on my knees (Ooh) Teach me the tricks of the trade I'm a nodding dog I'm a nodding dog