[Verse 1]
Found you by the guardrail
Dust on your nose
Pitbull-boxer grin
And a wobble in your pose
Blue tarp in the backseat
One eye on the road
Link, you were shaking
But you never got old
[Pre-Chorus]
Now you dart like a spark plug
Now you chew every scene
Sock ends, plant leaves
And a whole takeout dream
[Chorus]
Link on the shoulder
(hey, Link on the shoulder)
Bad little rover
(bad little rover)
Link on the shoulder
(full of trouble, full of trouble)
You eat what you shouldn’t
And you still look noble
[Verse 2]
You stole my sandwich
Then you smiled at me
Got a whole trash can
On your criminal streak
One shoe, one napkin
One cracked phone cord
You act real innocent
Then you run for the door
[Pre-Chorus]
You got a nose for chaos
You got teeth for the chase
When I say “leave it”
You put it right in your face
[Chorus]
Link on the shoulder
(hey, Link on the shoulder)
Bad little rover
(bad little rover)
Link on the shoulder
(full of trouble, full of trouble)
You eat what you shouldn’t
And you still look noble
[Bridge]
At the red-mud dawn
When the whole town slept
You climbed in my lap
Like a promise kept
Highway saint, yard-mouth devil
Gold-eyed, oversized
You were trouble in motion
With a soft spot inside
[Chorus]
Link on the shoulder
(hey, Link on the shoulder)
Bad little rover
(bad little rover)
Link on the shoulder
(full of trouble, full of trouble)
You eat what you shouldn’t
And you still look noble
[Outro]
Link, don’t chew that
Link, come here, boy
Link, not the shoelace
You little joy, you little joy