[Verse 1]
You lie awake, silent, cold
Forget your words, they're nowhere inside you
Conveniently placed on a bar stool, you were there alone to say
You know where you come from, but you don't know why
So you wrote me 'cause you're not trying to be lonely
Empty, heartless as could have been to me

[Chorus]
And I could see you now
Lookin' like a stray dog
Sleepin' next to me
I could feel your heart beat
Now you're closin' in
Movin' through the gray fog
Stray dog, why'd I let you get so close to me?
Oh, no, no, why'd I let you get so close to me?

[Verse 2]
The girl you still love moved down to the deep south just to lose you
Now you spend most of your time on your own drinkin', and you
You say you don't buy into all that community bullshit
So you sit in silence and blame the sun, say how you
Hold me 'cause you're not trying to be lonely
Empty, heartless as could have been to me

[Chorus]
And I could see you now
Lookin' like a stray dog
Sleepin' next to me
I could feel your heart beat
Now you're closin' in
Movin' through the gray fog
Stray dog, why'd I let you get so close to me?
Oh, no, no, why'd I let you get so close to me?

Hey now, lover, ask me twice
And I might take you home tonight
Hey now, lover, tell me once
And I won't have the strength to fend you off

[Refrain]
Hold me 'cause you're not trying to be lonely
Empty, heartless as could have been to me

[Chorus]
And I could see you now
Lookin' like a stray dog
Sleepin' next to me
I could feel your heart beat
Now you're closin' in
Movin' through the gray fog
Stray dog, why'd I let you get so close to me?
Oh, no, no, why'd I let you get so close to me?

[Outro]
Oh, no, no
Why'd I let you get so close to me?
Oh, no, no
Why'd I let you get so close to me?
Oh, no, no
Why'd I let you get so close to me?
Oh, no, no
Why'd I let you get so close to me?