FAWM: "I Can Pick Up Dog Poop"

I Can Pick Up Dog Poop

1 week ago by @nancycunning

I Can Pick Up Dog Poop

nancycunning

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Liner Notes

I've been noticing an increase in dog poop on sidewalks in my neighborhood lately. A few years ago (maybe early 2017?) I noticed the same thing and decided to start a little practice of picking it up sometimes. This was before the NYC plastic ban bag, but that's maybe another song. This time, I've been wondering whether it's still needs to be part of my mission, or whether songwriting is enough of a calling that I can skip that stuff...But then I thought maybe I could combine the two and get out of actually picking up the dog poop this time by inspiring other people to do it, a la Tom Sawyer getting friends to pay him to white wash his aunt's fence.

Separately @unknownbecky of #SongSidekickSongCircle asked for suggestions to short-circuit doom scrolling. So this is dedicated to Becky and Herschel and to the rest of us who feel a little overwhelmed sometimes and not quite sure where to start...

#americana #acousticonetake

Lyrics

Some days it feels like there’s nothing I can do
Like the whole world’s spinning out of my control
These days I feel like there’s nothing I can do
But deep down, that’s not true

I can moan, I can whine
I can say somebody oughta pay a fine
Or I can open up my backpack
I can take out a plastic bag
When I feel like there’s nothing I can do
It’s not quite true
I can pick up dog poop

I can write a little check for some good group
Make a big vat of chicken soup
Or I can pitch in and pickup other people’s dog poop

I can moan, I can whine
I can say somebody oughta pay a fine
Before I open up my backpack
and I take out a plastic bag
When I feel like there’s nothing I can do
It’s never true
Cause I can always pick up dog poop

I can write a letter for my favorite group
Invite all my friends to hand out soup
Or I can write a song to make you wanna pick up dog poop
Come on now, let’s sing it while we scoop

While we work for some good group
While we hand out vats of soup
While we bend over and we pick up other people’s dog poop

We can moan, we can whine
We can say somebody oughta pay a fine
Then we can open up my backpack
We can all take a plastic bag
When you feel like there’s nothing you can do
It’s never true
Cause we can pick up dog poop
Cheer up, Becky, look at all this dog poop

Comments

@chasingandromeda 21h

This is an ear work that I am not sure I can explain. Great way of reminding yourself that there is ALWAYS something you can do. I'm nearly crying laughing at this. Cheer up, Becky, indeed!

@briggs 1d

Oh great, now I’m gonna have a song about dog poop stuck in my brain for the next 2 days… thanks a lot!😊 But seriously, this is extremely clever, fun, and infectious. Thanks for creating and sharing!

@atornberg 2d

I love this! I carry a roll of poop bags all the time because I have a dog, but also I pick up poop other people have left and this is a great practice! When something isn't getting done, do it yourself if you can! Thanks! Great song!

@winchperry 2d

oh, I'm laughing and smiling! so many gems of lyrics in here! And I love the message of doing small things to help the community. I can really relate to it - wait now I'm crying! Love your voice on this, too. I have made it a practice to pick up litter along the sidewalks when I walk my dog in my neighborhood. I always bring a plastic bag (we still have 'em here in PA) and sometimes it's filled to overflowing by the time I get home. Neighbors see me and thank me - it feels good. I even pick up other dogs' poop sometimes - in fact, I did that today!!

@knobbyneggins815 5d

Lovely message here, you got me grinning from ear to ear! We can feel powerless, but you can change the world around you, in even the smallest ways. Great song!

@hazydave 5d

This is great... and hits home a bit. At my place in Florida I'm on a double lot. I just built a garage on the second lot, but before last summer it was kind of a unkempt area... and had somehow become the "dog park" for a number of dog walkers in the area. So yeah, I picked up dog poop. And since I also own a dog (she's in one of my songs this year) and always have bags with me, I've got into the habit of picking up any other dogs' contributions when we're out walking!

@kvnwoodruff 1w

Oh man, I totally feel this one. Nothing worse than being out on a walk and stepping in…”AWWW DAMMIT!” I was seeing an uptick of this in my neighborhood last year and would get so mad and then one morning I was out on a run early in the morning and I encountered two coyotes and I…decided to give my neighbors a break (2 and 4 legged).

@gm7 1w

Came for the title...laughed a lot.
Cheer up, Becky, look at all this dog poop...funny

@themelgoexperience 1w

omg this is hilarious. I often think about picking up the poo but I don't hahahaha

@andygetch 1w

Loving how the chorus shifts perspective as the song proceeds. ROFL at the line "Or I can write a song to make you wanna pick up dog poop". As a side note, on our neighborhood walks we have seen a truck with a similar dog poop pickup service stopping at several different houses. Who knew there was a business case? Maybe cat litter is next?

@richaaaay 1w

I like what @billwhite51 said. That's hilarious and so is this song.

@chipwithrow 1w

I totally feel you on this one! First of all, you sound awesome. And I always pick up my dogs' poop - also, I pick up litter on my street. Little gestures mean a lot in our crazy world!

@billwhite51 1w

in your vocation, there is never a lack of work.

@kahlo2013 1w

What a delightfully quirky song! Somebody needs to do it!!! It is a good reminder that there is always something more we can do! Your delivery is great!!!!

@roundahouse 1w

Look at that, we can be the change!

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