Mercedes: Coming towards her Stuck, still no turning back
Tina: She hid around corners (New Directions: Oooo) And she hid under beds
Mercedes: She killed it with kisses (New Directions: Ooo, ooo, ooo) And from it she fled
Tina: With every bubble (New Directions: Oooo) She sank with a drink
Mercedes: And washed it away down the kitchen sink (New Directions: Ooo, ooo, ooo)
Tina (New Directions): The dog days are over (Oooo) The dog days are done The horses are comin' (Ooo, ooo, ooo) So you better run
Mercedes and Tina (with New Directions): (Run fast for your mother), run fast for your father (Run for your children), for your sisters and your 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 over), the dog days are done (Can you hear the horses? 'Cause here they come!)
Tina: And I never wanted Anything from you Except everything you had And what was left after that too Oh
Mercedes with Tina and New Directions: Happiness hit her like a bullet in the back Struck from a great height By someone who should know better than that The dog days are over The dog days are done Can you hear the horses? 'Cause here they come
Mercedes and Tina (with New Directions): Run fast for your mother, (New Directions: Oooo) run fast for your father Run for your children, for your sisters and your brothers Leave all your love and your longing behind (New Directions: Ooo, ooo, ooo) You can't carry it with you, if you want to survive. (The dog days are over) (New Directions: Oooo) The dog days are done (Can you hear the horses? 'Cause here they come!) (New Directions: Ooo, ooo, ooo)
New Directions (Mercedes and Tina with New Directions): The dog days are over (Mercedes: Yea-ee-yeaah!) The dog days are done (Here they come!) The horses are comin', so you'd better run (Here they come!) The dog days and over The dog days are done (Here they come!) The horses are comin', so you'd better run