Happiness, hit her like a train on a track
Coming towards her, stuck still no turning back
She hid around corners and she hid under beds

She killed it with kisses and from it she fled
With every bubble she sank with a drink
and washed it away down the kitchen sink

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming so you better run

Run fast for your mother run fast for your father
Run for your children and your sisters and brothers
Leave all your love and your loving behind you

Can't carry it with you if you want to survive
The dog days are over
the dog days are done

Can't you hear the horses
Cuz here they come
And I never wanted anything from you

Except everything you had
and what was left after that too. oh.
Happiness it hurt like a bullet in the mind

Struck from a great height
by someone who should know better than that
The dog days are over

The dog days are gone
can you hear the horses
Cuz here they come

Run fast for your mother and fast for your father
Run for your children for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your love and your loving behind you

Can't carry it with you if you want to survive
The dog days are over
The dog days are gone

Can you hear the horses because here they come
The dog days are over
The dog days are gone

Can you hear the horses because here they come