Why's It Gotta?

Why's it gotta last so long? Why's it gotta last so long?
Why's it gotta last so long? Why's it gotta last so long?

This here's a sad dog song
cnd I'm the dog
cnd I've been here too long
I guess I perpetrated some great wrong
I'm on a leash that keeps me one foot from my water bowl

Was my bark too shrill?
Or did I dig too many holes to fill?
Did I make my Owner's temper ill?
cm I condemned to run in circles in this dead backyard?

yodel...

I been tryin' to break free
By chewin' on my leash relentlessly
Sometimes I take a break to scratch a flea
Or chase a bee
Man, if my Owner's ever comin' back I'd like to know