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Like A Dog, Like A King

from NOTHINS WRONG by Cottonwood Boys

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With a rousing blue-collar chant and a chorus of stomps and claps, “Like A Dog, Like A King” is ready to rile up the crowd in any television drama intro, truck commercial, the pre-game soundtrack of a sporting event. With a howling call-to-action within the woody banjos and mechanical slide guitars of this work song, Cottonwood Boys not only salutes the workers of the world, but seeks to rally all people together because “Everybody’s got a little blue-collar in ‘em.”

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I’ve been working like a dog
So I can live like a king
Don’t know any better gotta get up and get her
Rise when the morning bird sings


Storm came through in the evening
Put me right fast asleep
Gonna need the extra shuteye
Cause somebody's gotta go clear them trees
Blizzards stir up in the winter
Summer brings the blistering sun
Weather doesn’t matter any time of the year
Cause there's always work to be done

I’ve been working like a dog
So I can live like a king
Don’t know any better gotta get up and get her
Rise when the morning bird sings
I’ve been working like a dog
So I can live like a king
Don’t know any better gotta get up and get her
Rise when the morning bird sings


Two steel toes with holes in the front
Denim caked in dust and mud
Everybody’s got a piece of blue collar in 'em
Ain’t no one got a right to judge
There’s a world out there full of different folks
Just living for what makes them smile
Working our tails and busting our backs
Just to make this life worthwhile

I’ve been working like a dog
So I can live like a king
Don’t know any better gotta get up and get her
Rise when the morning bird sings
I’ve been working like a dog
So I can live like a king
Don’t know any better gotta get up and get her
Rise when the morning bird sings




Some dig ditches
And others lay stones
Some work the bars
Some keep a clean home
Some play guitar
Just to make life better
Whatever makes you feel it
Gotta get up and get er


I’ve been working like a dog
So I can live like a king
Don’t know any better gotta get up and get her
Rise when the morning bird sings
I’ve been working like a dog
So I can live like a king
Don’t know any better gotta get up and get her
Rise when the morning bird sings

I’ve been working like a dog
(Some dig dig ditches and others lay stones)
So I can live like a king
(Some work the bars, some keep a clean home)
Don’t know any better gotta get up and get her
(Some guitar just to make life better)
Rise when the morning bird sings
(Whatever makes ya feel it gotta get up and get her)
I’ve been working like a dog
Some dig dig ditches and others lay stones)
So I can live like a king
(Some work the bars some keep a clean home)
Don’t know any better gotta get up and get her
(Some write music just to make life better)
Rise when the morning bird sings

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from NOTHINS WRONG, released September 23, 2022

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Cottonwood Boys Rapid City, South Dakota

Acoustic Strummin', Pickin,' and Hollerin.'

From the oily floors of the garage to the sticky counters of the bar, the Cottonwood Boys sound speaks to anyone who's wondering "Where is a song about me?"

Bluegrass? Alt Country? Mountain Music? They aren't sure.

In fact, they are too busy trying to sell a song or find a meal to really care but they'll hear you out.
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