You ever had a day like I had today, 
when things are stacked up bad? 
You look around and every face you see 
seems guaranteed to send you mad. 
And you peer into those hallowed institutions. 
And they bark at you from every side. 
But the bite goes wide. 

I see [bad word] with their tails hanging low 
like dogs in the midwinter. 
The prophets and the wise men and the hard politicos 
are all dogs in the midwinter. 
Let the breath from the mountain still the pain, 
clear water from the [bad word] sweeter than the rain. 
Dogs in the midwinter. 

The boss man and the tax man and the moneylenders growl... 
like dogs in the midwinter. 
The weaker of the herd can feel their eyes and hear them howl 
like dogs in the midwinter. 
Though the fox and the rabbit are at peace, 
cold doggies in the manger turn last suppers into feasts. 
Dogs in the midwinter. 

You ever had a day like i had today --- 
dogs in the midwinter. 
You look around and every face you see --- 
dogs in the midwinter. 
And you peer into those hallowed institutions. 
And they bark at you from every side. 
But the bite goes wide. 

We're [bad word] on a tightrope, wearing slippers in the snow... 
we're all dogs in the midwinter. 
The ice is ever thinner. Be careful how you go 
like dogs in the midwinter. 
And it's hard to find [bad word] equilibrium 
when you're looking at each other down the muzzle of a gun. 
Dogs in the midwinter.