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Dog Paw Tea

by Raiford Starke

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Raiford Starke - vocals, guitar, harmonica, bass
Chris Peet - drums, production
Recorded to tape at Man Of War Studios, West Palm Beach, Florida
Art by Ken Pease www.tropicalzombies.com

lyrics

Dog Paw Tea
(Colin Kenny & Pete Gallagher, Raiford Starke Music, BMI)

Up in Live Oak we got a lot of dogs
We use them for huntin' deer and hogs
You see 'em on the roadside barkin' at cars
Asleep in the mud outside the bars
Pictures on the poles "Lost and found"
Reward if you find my blue tick hound
But when we get thirsty, don't you see
We need 'em for brewin' up dog paw tea
Dog paw tea...Dog paw tea

When the family meets for the holidays
We eat wild turkey with a fatback glaze
Boiled chicken wings from a pheasant bird
Mushrooms plucked from a fresh cow turd
Ol' Whitey Markle's boiled peanut pie
And grandma's eggplant surprise, oh my
Turnip greens and taters, honey from a bee
And we wash it all down with-a dog paw tea
Dog paw tea

Dog paw tea, dog paw tea
Made from a Live Oak recipe
Sassafras, cinnamon and pekoe raw
Well we don't kill the dog, we just use the paw
for dog paw tea

Well you brew up sassafras, dip cinnamon root
Peel some raw pekoe and sprinkle a toot
And just before you add ice to the jug
You call ol' Shep asleep on the rug
That old dog shudders to family's applause
Starts licking the hell out of each of his paws
The most important part of the recipe
Is you got to have a dog to make dog paw tea
Dog paw tea

Now that ol' dog knows what he has to do
He strolls up to the jug like Mr. Boogaloo
He scopes out the scene like Tiger Woods
And we hold our breath while he delivers the goods
Dips his paw in the tea and gives it a shake
And grandma hands him his Alpo bake
Ain't nothin' in this life that I'd rather see
Then a fresh pawed jug of that dog paw tea
Dog paw tea

Dog paw tea, dog paw tea
Made from a Live Oak recipe
Sassafras, cinnamon and pekoe raw
Well we don't kill the dog we just use the paw
for dog paw tea

Now up in Live Oak it's after five
The whole damn town is barely alive
every so often there's a truck haulin' logs
Always in the distance there's the barking of dogs
They bark at coyotes, they bark at coons
When there's nothing left to bark at, they bark at the moon
When I hear those dogs I have the memory
Of my dear ol' granny
Great Aunt Nanny
My ex-uncle Danny and the family
Drinking dog paw tea

Dog paw tea, dog paw tea
Made from a Live Oak recipe
Sassafras, cinnamon and pekoe raw
Well we don't kill the dog we just use the paw
for dog paw tea

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released December 21, 2020

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