With coconut, you wallow in greed; you love to play ‘tuggy’ and ‘kill’ with your lead
On a walk in the woods, you take off at speed; so what a surprise when you’re ‘Best Cross Breed’
With your paws on his shoulders, you lick Michael’s face; for fun, you throw all your toys down the staircase
The squirrels and rabbits and deer that you chase, you’re moving at such an incredible pace

You're a little bit wayward, a little bit wilful, a little bit crazy but mostly you’re clever
However you are, you’re always our Poppy: you’re the best dog and we’ll love you forever

You tear around having so much fun, we think to ourselves, ‘What have we done?!’
You live in the moment and you’re second to none
WHY WALK WHEN YOU CAN RUN? WHY WALK WHEN YOU CAN RUN?

With a heart brimming over, you’re so upbeat; you love to sit in the driver’s seat
You devour the pigs’ ears we give you to eat, and chew on socks when they’re still on feet
Munching on grass or a raw meaty bone...or on wood or on paper, you won’t leave alone
Sometimes jumping on us when we talk on the phone…though you often lie quiet and snooze on your own

You cert’nly love comfort, sleeping all day; if we ask you to lie on cold ground, there’s no way!
Then you bounce on your dog friends, you wrestle and play; eating tennis balls, skirting boards, guinea pig hay!
You wake us each morning with a cuddle and kiss, staying close all day long in the office
Till it’s time to get Michael – it’s your kind of bliss; then the Cesar Millan show that we never miss!

You're a little bit wayward, a little bit wilful, a little bit crazy but mostly you’re clever
However you are, you’re always our Poppy: you’re the best dog and we’ll love you forever

You tear around having so much fun, we think to ourselves, ‘What have we done?!’
You live in the moment and you’re second to none
WHY WALK WHEN YOU CAN RUN? WHY WALK WHEN YOU CAN RUN?

Sometimes you’re the FLOP DOG, sometimes you’re the TOP DOG
But you’re always the POP DOG, our Poppy!
You lurched right into the heart of our family...

What a delight! We have so much fun! We thank the stars for what we’ve done
You live in the moment and you’re second to none
WHY WALK WHEN YOU CAN RUN? WHY WALK WHEN YOU CAN RUN?
WHY WALK WHEN YOU CAN RUN? WHY WALK WHEN YOU CAN RUN?