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Song: Hot Dog
Album: In Through The Out Door [released Aug 15, 1979 (US) | Aug 20, 1979 (UK)]
Single: Fool in the Rain/Hot Dog [Dec 7, 1979]
Credited to: Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
Related Songs: N/A

Lyrics:

(One, two, three, four)

Ah, hot dog

Well, I, well, I, well, I just got into town today to find my girl has gone away
She took the Greyhound at the General Store
I searched myself, I searched the town, when I finally did set down
I find myself no wiser than before

She said we couldn't do no wrong, no other love could be so strong
She'd locked up my heart in her bottom drawer
Now, she took my heart, she took my keys from in my old blue dungarees
And I'll never go to Texas anymore

Now my baby's gone, I don't know what to do
She took my love and walked right out the door
And if I ever find that girl, I know one thing for sure
I'm gonna give her somethin' like she's never had before

I took her love at seventeen, a little late these days, it seems
But they said Heaven's well-worth waitin' for
I took her word, I took it all beneath a sign that said "U-Haul"
She'd left angels hangin' 'round for more

Ah, go

(Guitar Solo)

Well, now my baby's gone, I don't know what to do
She took my love and walked right out the door
And if I ever find that girl, I know one thing for sure
I'm gonna give her somethin' like she's never had before, yeah

I thought I had it all sewn up, our love, a plot, a pickup truck
But folks, yeah, she was after somethin' more
I never did quite understand all that talk about rockin' bands
But they just rolled my doll right out the door

Ooh, yeah, they just rolled my doll right out the door
Why, well, they just rolled my doll right out the door

Influences: The style of this song can be seen as sort of a rockabilly tribute.