I can see through the darkness
That’s cloudin’ my mind
The old black dog hunts me
Through the mountains of rhyme

Got a fire in his belly
He stokes the flames higher
As I walk through the world
Of want and desire

I can see in the temples
Of the pagans on Fire
The old black dog smiling
By the funeral pyre

Can you hear the hound howling Lord
Oh he’s calling out my name
With a snarl and a sonnet
I can hear it again

Can you hear the hound howling Lord
Oh he’s calling out my name
With a snarl and a sonnet
I can hear I hear I hear I can hear it again

Now I look to the evening
The twilight of years
And I wonder what happened
To the passion that never knew fear

You can’t call me home yet
There’s so much I must do
But the old black dog hunts me
So I’m calling on you

Can you hear the hound howling Lord
Oh he’s calling out my name
With a snarl and a sonnet
I can hear it again

Bring peace to the ravage
Of a soul in distress
Don’t let the black dog take me
Oh bring me your rest.

Can you hear the hound howling Lord
Oh he’s calling out my name
With a snarl and a sonnet
I can hear I hear I hear I can hear it again

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