Nika: Happiness hit her like a train on a tra-ack. Heather: Coming towards her, stuck, still no turning ba-ack. Nika: She hid around corners and she hid under beds Heather: She killed it with kisses and from it she fl-ed. Nka: With e-very bubble, she sank with a drink. Heather: And wa-shed it away down the kitchen sink. Nika: The dog days are over.
The dog days are done. The horses are comin' , so you better run.
All: Run fast for your mother; run fast for your father. Run for your children; all your sisters and brothers. Leave all your love and your longing behind.
Nika and Heather: You can't carry it with you if you want to survive.
All: The dog days are ove-r.
Nika and Heather: The dog days are do-ne.
All: Can you hear the horse-s?
'Cause here they come. Nika: And I- never wanted anything from yo-u. Except e-verything you had, And what was left after that too. Oh!
'All': Happiness hit her like a bullet in the ba-ck, Struck from a great height, By someone who should have known be-tte-r than tha-t.
The dog days are ove-r. The dog days are done. Can you hear the horses? 'Cause here they co-me.
Heather and Nika: Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father. Run for your children; all your sisters and brothers. Leave all your love and your longing behind. You can't carry it with you, if you want to survive.
The dog days are ove-r. The dog days are done. Can you hear the horse-s? 'Cause here they co-me. The dog days are ove-r. The dog days are done. The horse-s are co-min', So you'd better ru-n. The dog days and over-r. The dog days are done. The horse-s are co-mi -n', So you'd better ru--n.