Roger Whittaker - Should've Had Dogs lyrics

If I'd known about an angry wife with a two by four If I'd only listened when you told me about a mother in law If I'd known how much things change when you say, "I do" Well, I wouldn't have done what I did, I'm telling you I would've had dogs, I would've had dogs If I'd known then what I know now Well, I would've had dogs I was led by the nose like a bull from the very start And I must say I really enjoyed the beginning part You know your favorite food and the bed and the lights now low But then the kids come along and romance has to go Well, I should've had dogs, oh, I should've had dogs If I'd known then what I know now Well, I would've had dogs Suddenly they seem to arrive in two's and three's Any ordinary man would be brought to his knees She says, "Daddy can I have that dress and I want that hat" How can any daddy tell her, "No", when she asks like that Oh, I should've had dogs, oh, I should've had dogs If I'd known then what I know now Well, I would've had dogs Now my eldest son has survived till 17 And I'm the stupidest man that the world has ever seen I'm wrong about everything in his young life And the endless thing I'm wrong about lead to strife Oh, I should've had dogs, oh, I should've had dogs If I'd known then what I know now Well, I would've had dogs It's said that trial and tribulation ends And they all grow up and you all get to be friends I can't wait for the day I know will come to pa** When they have kids of their own and I can laugh Oh, you should've had dogs, oh, you should've had dogs If you'd known then what I know now Well, you would've had dogs Oh, you should've had dogs, oh, you should've had dogs If they put you what you put me through Well, you wish you'd had dogs