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song from the album GODDAMN MY HUMANS (2026)
contact/info: www.theohakola.com

other voice: Mélanie Menu,
drums: Tatiana Mladenovitch,
voice, guitar, bass: T. Hakola

LABRADOR BLUES
(T. Hakola/T. Hakola)

A stick is OK, but hardly alive
A stick is static and stays where it lands
But toss a ball, man, and I’m electrified
on fire and ecstatic as it leaves their hands

Drop it! They command, and I don’t know why,
but I always have to take some time to comply
Then burning for them to once again let it fly
I dance circles of yearning like I’m fixin’ to die

Oh God, I love the feeling of rubber in my teeth
I’ll shag a ball thrown until the cows come home
I’ll snag it on the fly like a greased lightening streak
or snatch it on the bounce like a canine cyclone
but then they call it a day…
and no matter how much I pray, beg bark or moan

Goddamn my humans, they’ve let me down again
I got the labrador blues, ain’t no man’s best friend
They got me chewing on their shoes, that’s my go-to drug
With these labrador blues, I’ll be pissing on the rug

Oh, they’re not here! Where have they gone?
Why can’t my people just stay home?
Or if they have to go, why can’t they take me along?
Lord, there’s nothing I hate more than being alone!

I’m a good boy, I can sit and I can shake
and I’ll go along with stay for a bite of steak
Every day is an adventure, but sadly never as great
as what I hope for in the morning when I first awake

There’s never enough walking, running or eating,
petting or ball-fetching, swimming or sleeping
A dog’s life is anything but a bowl of cherries,
Lord, it’s a mountain of wants and a dearth of good fairies

My humans don’t get it, don’t even seem to care
that I’d follow them forever and ever anywhere
I can’t make them see how it’s so unfair
They’re mindless of my misery, deaf to my dispair
Always calling it a day when what I want is a week
Oh, a dog’s life is an inconstant thing, a woeful roller-coastering… anything but a treat

Goddamn my humans, I’m all alone again
I got the labrador blues, ain’t no man’s best friend
No dog was ever born to sit growling in the gloom
but they’ve left me here howling, howling at the moon

Goddamn my humans, they’ve let me down again
I got the labrador blues, ain’t no man’s best friend
They got me chewing their shoes, my go-to drug
Yeah, these old labrador blues got me pissing on the rug

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Transcript
00:12A stick is okay, but hardly alive. A stick is static and stays where it lands.
00:19But toss a ball, man, and I'm electrified, on fire, and ecstatic as it leaves their hands.
00:26Drop it, they command, and I don't know why, but I always have to take some time to comply.
00:33Then burning for them to once again let it fly at their circles of yearning like I'm fixin' to die.
00:45God, I love the feeling of rubber in my teeth. I'll shake a ball thrown until the cows come home.
00:51Or snaggin' on the fly like a greased lightning streak. Or snaggin' on the bounce like a canine cyclone.
00:58But then they call it a day. And no matter how much I pray, beg, bark, or moan.
01:07Oh, god damn, my humors, they let me down again.
01:15I got the labrador blues, ain't no man's best friend.
01:21They got me chewin' all the shoes, that's my go-to drug.
01:27Oh, these labrador blues got me pissin'.
01:35Oh, pissin' all night.
01:51Oh, they're not here.
01:54Where have they gone?
01:55Why can't my people just stay home?
01:59Or if they have to go, why can't they take me along?
02:02No, there's nothing I hate more than bein' alone.
02:05When I'm a good boy, I can sit and I can shake.
02:09And I'll go along with stay for a bite of steak.
02:12Every day's an adventure, but never as great as what I hope for in the morning when I first awake.
02:19There's never enough walking, running, or eating, petting, or ball-fetching, swimming, or sleeping.
02:26A dog's life is anything but a bowl of cherries.
02:29Lord, it's a mountain of wands and a dearth.
02:35Yeah, dearth, I'm a good friend.
02:44My humans don't get it, don't even seem to care.
02:47That I'd be followed in forever and ever anywhere.
02:51I can't make them see how it's so unfair.
02:54They're mindless of my misery, deaf to my despair.
02:57Always calling it a day when what I want is a wee.
03:01Oh, my dog's life is an inconstant thing.
03:04I'm all full of rollercoastering.
03:09Anything, anything but a tree.
03:21Goddamn my humans, I'm all alone again.
03:24I got the Labrador blues, ain't no man's best friend.
03:28No dog was ever born to sit growling in the gloom.
03:31But they let me hear howling, howling at the moon.
03:35Goddamn my humans, they've let me down again.
03:40I got the Labrador blues, ain't no man's best friend.
03:48They got me chewing on their shoes.
03:52My go-to drug, yeah.
03:55These old Labrador blues got me pissing.
04:01Oh, I see all of them.
04:11Oh, I see all of them.
04:12Oh, I see all of them.
04:15Oh, I see all of them.
04:18Oh, I see all of them.
04:19Oh, I see all of them.
04:20Oh, I see all of them.
04:21Oh, I see all of them.
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