Rover

I chase your every footstep
And I follow every whim
When you call the tune I'm ready
To strike up the battle hymn
My lady of the meadows ---
My comber of the beach ---
You've thrown the stick for your dog's trick
But it's floating out of reach
The long road is a rainbow and the pot of gold lies there
So slip the chain and I'm off again ---
You'll find me everywhere. I'm a Rover

As the robin craves the summer
To hide his smock of red
I need the pillow of your hair
In which to hide my head
I'm simple in my sadness
Resourceful in remorse
Then I'm down straining at the lead ---
Holding on a windward course

Strip me from the bundle
Of balloons at every fair:
Colourful and carefree ---
Designed to make you stare
But I'm lost and I'm losing
The thread that holds me down
And I'm up hot and rising
In the lights of every town