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A Dog's Life Lyrics — Wild Beasts | Dork

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A Dog's Life Lyrics

Lyrics

A Dog's Life

From Present Tense2014

Written by Ben Little, Chris Talbot, Hayden Thorpe, Tom Fleming

Produced by Leo Abrahams, Lexxx, Wild Beasts

Lyrics

A Dog's Life

Read the odds of this song Walk colder home, walk cold My press face on the ice lead A time is heaven when you call Painted lipstick on it Walk the truth up to me Border like all the others Just one of my sweaters Made of something better So throw a ball up into space Hold the phone up to its face Leave it outside in the rain A tired walk by it's head Never speak of me again

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About this track

"A Dog's Life" is a song by Wild Beasts from the album Present Tense, released in 2014. The song was written by Ben Little, Chris Talbot, Hayden Thorpe, Tom Fleming. It was produced by Leo Abrahams, Lexxx, Wild Beasts.

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Guy Davie— 264 credits as mastering engineer →
Lexxx— 271 credits as producer →
Leo Abrahams— 440 credits as songwriter & producer →
Lexxx— 271 credits as producer →
Wild Beasts— 44 credits as songwriter & producer →
Ben Little— 45 credits as songwriter →
Chris Talbot— 45 credits as songwriter →

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