Tige, you were faithful, to the end Tige, how I miss you, you were my friend
years of army service done and I was headin' home at last I got to thinking 'bout my dog and things gone past How old Tige pulled me from a when I had no pulse or breath How he saved me from the changin' that gored my dad to death
As a kid I'd dream of bears and tremble to my Till old Tige come up to my bed and nudge me with his my fears would melt away and Tige would go lie down I'd drift on back to sleep another sound
The big bus stopped and I got off it was awful and thick with fog Then something gently nuzzled me and stood Tige, my dog I wondered if my dog had met the bus each day And all the winter nights since I'd been away
Have Tige meet me here like I was I was really glad I hadn't needed Tige so much since the day they've buried dad Too long miles still lay ahead, but what I didn't A Dam was being built where the old road used to go
I the Lord was sending Tige and I followed where he led Knowing well without his help that I'd be as dead Tige inched along this way and that rough and slow And I could the water a lappin' at the ledges far below
Then the mist, I saw a light and mother in her chair And I reached to pet old Tige, but he wasn't there I'm thankful mom, you had old Tige three lonely years I owe my to him, tonight I couldn't help my tears
You say you wrote me 'bout the Dam well God was with us I didn't get letter Mom but old Tige met the bus I to tell you son she said but now you've got to know When you left it broke his heart, Tige three years ago
You were my friend