'You Better Love My Mama & My Dog'
Fun uptempo Country song about a love triangle of another kind.
Steve Cooper Producer
The Songwriter's Studio
Vocals-Juli Maners
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Story behind the song
I wrote the lyrics and Idamarie added wonderful bridge lyrics and melody. A fun JPF collaboration!
Lyrics
“You Better Love My Mama & My Dog”
Mama has been with me from the time that I was born
She stood beside me through the thick and thin
Daddy died when I was young, it broke her heart and mine
But mama’s love was strong and didn’t end
Whenever I was feelin’ down, she knew just what to do
One day she said she had a big surprise
She’d found a mongrel runaway, and laid him on my lap
I melted when I saw his big brown eyes
You better love my mama and my dog
If your intentions are to make this house your home
It’s not just one, but three of us, so go ahead a make a fuss
But you better love my mama and my dog
It ain’t so bad since mama likes to cook
And my dog he eats and sleeps and guards the house
Their address has to be the same, if we’re to share the same last name
There’s room for four of us on my old couch
Well mama’s gettin’ older that’s for certain
And the whiskers on my dog have turned to gray
You can come and try to flatter me with flirtin’
But my mama and my dog are here to stay
Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
I can make you happy
I got lots of love to give
But honey this is how
We’re gonna have to live….
(Oh) you better love my mama and my dog
And that’s a given if you want to settle down
It doesn’t matter how you feel, you see we’re all a package deal
So you better love my mama and my dog
Oh yeah, you better love my mama and my dog
Yes sir, you gotta love my mama and my dog
This song is funny-- I hope you find a publisher for this, or are able to self-market.