phideaux he was a little too curious he went a little too close to the road, phideaux he was a little too dumb a little slow on the run phideaux - poor little doggie, woof woof woof phideaux, he was a little rebellious didn't want to do what he was told, oh no being a little brave went to play out on the pavement phideaux, poor little doggie, woof woof woof he's got the dead dog blues the dead dog blues he's got the dead dog blues he was a good little doggie he didn't take it too serious the warnings that i said and now he's dead he was a little too tall to fit underneath that car phideaux - poor little doggie he was a good little doggie he just wanted to be free he never did ever did want to be like everyone else's dog you see like an animal on a chain he didn't think they had a brain he thought he was smarter than all the rest he thought he knew what was best he was a runnin' funnin' his tongue was a flippin' and flappin' and he was a barkin' yappin' the poor little pup was a little delirious he seriously didn't see that old big car that was honking and rolling his engine was revvin' and he was just strollin' not thinking of heaven then boom - all of a sudden all of his priorities changed