Tige, you were faithful, to the end Tige, how I miss you, you were my best
Three years of army service and I was headin' home at last I got to thinking 'bout my dog and things long gone How old Tige pulled me from a 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 dream of bears and to my toes old Tige come up to my bed and nudge me with his nose Then my fears would melt 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 and thick with fog Then something gently me and there stood Tige, my dog I wondered if my faithful dog had met the bus day And all the dreary winter nights I'd been away
Have Tige meet me here like this I was I was glad 'Cause I hadn't Tige so much since the day they've buried dad Too long still lay ahead, but what I didn't know A giant Dam was being built where the old used to go
I think the Lord was sending and I followed where he led well without his help that I'd be good 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 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 these three lonely years I owe my life to him, tonight I help my tears
You say you me 'bout the Dam well God was sure with us I didn't get your Mom but old Tige met the bus I hate to you son she said but now you've got to know When you it broke his heart, Tige died three years ago
You my best friend