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