Stelth Ulvang - What Three Dogs Lyrics

I pause before I settle down
Instead I lie awake
Dream of towns that fall apart
And I'll say it's all okay
Make a circle on the floor
And there I'll end my day
But i'm stuck inside a rut
Seeing patterns all the same

I wonder how swiftly
I could pack and get away
Keep an atlas in my backpack
With circled city names
Who I gotta follow
To make it through the day
Which animals the angel
To help me thru the pain

What three dogs
Come to guide my way
Death comes along
It's okay to sit n' wait
But the bushel of a tree
Are the birds taking wing
And I sing instead of pray

I once considered Dallas
But I made it just half way
I got drunk in Amarillo
Jumped on the wrong train
But the cops they picked us up
And we didn't know the state
It turns out that Kansas City
Is all over the place
So we ended up in New Orleans
Stole leftover beignets
And we had to keep on moving
Just to keep our feet awake
We tried to cross the ocean and
We could've died that way
And I still am ever thankful
We can't find a place to stay

What three dogs
Come to guide my way
Death comes along
It's okay to sit n' wait
But the bushel of a tree
Are the birds taking wing
And I sing instead of pray