Tige, you faithful, faithful to the end Tige, how I miss you, you were my best
Three years of army service done and I was 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 me from the changin' bull that gored my dad to death
As a kid I'd of bears and tremble to my toes Till old Tige up to my bed and nudge me with his nose Then my would melt away and Tige would go lie down I'd drift on back to sleep without sound
The big bus stopped and I got off it was awful and thick with fog something gently 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 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 the Lord was sending Tige and I followed where he led Knowing without his help that I'd be good as dead Tige inched along way and that going rough and slow And I could the water a lappin' at the ledges far below
Then through the mist, I saw a light and in her chair And I reached down to pet old Tige, but he there I'm thankful mom, you had old Tige three lonely years I owe my life to him, 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 hate to tell you son she but now you've got to know When you left it broke his heart, Tige died years ago
You my best friend