So messed up, I want you here
In my room, I want you here
Now we're gonna be face-to-face
And I'll lay right down in my favorite place

And now I wanna be your dog
And now I wanna be your dog
And now I wanna be your dog

Well, come on

And now I'm ready to close my eyes
And now I'm ready to close my mind
And now I'm ready to feel your hand
And lose my heart on the burning sands

And now I wanna be your dog
And now I wanna be your dog
And now I wanna be your dog

Well, come on

Woo
Uh
Uh


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    Iggy is a demanding bottom. He's trying to stay in the moment. NOW I wanna be your dog! Right NOW. In five minutes, I may no longer take an interest in being your dog. But right NOW, right NOW I wanna be your dog.

    The song effectively expresses sexual tension and lust. The fuzzy guitar riff snaps, crackles, and pops.

    The song gets across a feeling of abandon, of being so caught up in the sexual moment that one gives up their typical male-female sex roles and is prepared to get lost in the burning sands of this stormy sexual desert.

    roaddog73on August 18, 2010   Link

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