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