The Ballad of Buff Dog

I was born in the fall of '76 And the spring of 10,000 B.C. I was lining the ocean with fossils When you sang me the first lullaby When do I get to be me? While you were singing I dreamed of something new Love was much stronger there While you were singing I saw my life in you Why was I wiser there? When you told me that love was the mother tongue I spoke with it all that I knew When do I get to be me?