Hey, hound dog man

Where you been now, where you been?

I wish that you were back

It was too good to ever end

Once in a while someone like you

Will give everything for what you wanted to do

Hey, hound dog man

My old friend, play it again

Hey, hound dog man

My old friend, play it again

You gave the world a whole lot of joy

Now that ain't bad for a country boy

I just knew you could not lose

The way you sang rock and roll and blues

I still think about these things

And the memory that it brings

Hey, hound dog man

My old friend, play it again

Hey, hound dog man,

My old friend, play it again

Sometimes I think about James Dean

Sammy Cooke and my teenage queen

Doo ron, de ron, de ron

Marilyn Monroe and hot rod fun

I still think about these things

And the memory that it brings

Hey, hound dog man

My old friend, why did it end?

Hey, hound dog man

My old friend, why did it end?

Hey, hound dog man

My old friend, why did it end?