Malvina Reynolds: Song Lyrics and Poems  

The Lazy Dog

Notes: words and music by Malvina Reynolds; copyright 1966 Schroder Music Company, renewed 1994.

Chorus:
Well they call it the Lazy Dog,
And they call it the Lazy Dog;
It's the name of a bomb
We use in Vietnam
And they call it the Lazy Dog.

It has ten thousand slivers of steel,
As sharp as a razor's edge;
It's dropped by the loads,
And when it explodes
It cuts human flesh to shreds.

(Chorus)

Well it's some kind of human brain
That's conceived of such a device.
And it's some kind of brain
That gave it a name
So friendly and easy and nice.

(Chorus)

Well American boys are told
They are killing, not men but Reds,
And all that they drop
Is a Lazy Dog
That cuts human flesh to shreds.

Last Chorus:
And they call it the Lazy Dog,
And they call it the Lazy Dog;
It's the name of a bomb
We use in Vietnam
And they call it the Lazy Dog.

Malvina Reynolds songbook(s) in which the music to this song appears:
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Other place(s) where the music to this song appears:
---- Broadside No. 73 (August 1966)
---- Broadside: Songs of Our Times..., Vol. 2 (New York: Oak Publications, 1968), p. 56

Malvina Reynolds recording(s) on which this song is performed:
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