Wasn't No Dogman

Target Duration: ~2:30
​[Intro - Slow Acoustic Guitar Picking, Subtle Resonator, Eerie Distant Steel Guitar]
​[Verse 1]
Porch light buzzin' under East Texas stars
Me and my buddy kickin' back, talkin' cars
Pine trees thick where the property ends
Just a five-foot fence where the pasture begins
Out of my side eye, thought I saw a doe
Grazin' in the weeds where the dark grass grows
​[Verse 2]
We both turned our heads to take a second look
That’s when reality shivered and shook
It felt us watchin', stopped dead in its track
Then it stood up tall on its hind legs back
Inverted knees bendin' back like a threat
An image in my mind that I’ll never forget
​[Chorus]
'Cause it wasn't no dogman, wasn't no deer
Pitch black eyes full of ancient fear
Short jagged rack on a canine snout
Moved faster than a cheetah, zero doubt
Over that five-foot wire in a single bound
Gone in a blur without makin' a sound
​[Verse 3]
Light fur coat like a summer fawn
Standing on two legs where the light was gone
No hair left on the barbed-wire strand
No normal track in the dirt and sand
Just a two-hoofed print where it rose up tall
And a sudden cold chill over both of us all
​[Chorus]
No, it wasn't no dogman, wasn't no deer
Pitch black eyes full of ancient fear
Short jagged rack on a canine snout
Moved faster than a cheetah, zero doubt
Over that five-foot wire in a single bound
Gone in a blur without makin' a sound
​[Bridge - Tempo Steady, Steel Guitar Crying, Driving Bassline]
We didn't scream, we didn't raise a fight
Just looked at each other, said "we're goin' inside"
Armed up later, ran the fence down flat
Ain't no law of nature can explain all that
​[Chorus - Max Energy, Driving Drums and Fiddle]
'Cause it wasn't no dogman, wasn't no deer
Pitch black eyes full of ancient fear
Short jagged rack on a canine snout
Moved faster than a cheetah, zero doubt
Over that five-foot wire in a single bound
Gone in a blur without makin' a sound
​[Outro - Acoustic Guitar Fading Out, Haunting Steel Guitar, Soft Whispering Wind]
Still sit on that porch when the sun goes down
Deep in the woods past the county town...
We don't know what it was...
We just know what we saw.
​[End]