Tige, you faithful, faithful to the end Tige, how I you, you were my best friend
Three years of army service and I was headin' home at last I got to thinking 'bout my dog and long gone past How old Tige 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 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 Tige go lie down I'd on back to sleep without another sound
The big bus stopped and I got off it was awful and thick with fog Then something nuzzled me and there stood Tige, my dog I if my faithful dog had met the bus each day And all the winter nights since I'd been away
Tige meet me here like this I was I was really glad 'Cause I hadn't needed Tige so since the day they've buried dad Too miles still lay ahead, but what I didn't know A giant Dam was built where the old road 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 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 lonely years I owe my life to him, tonight I help my tears
You say you wrote me 'bout the Dam God was sure with us I didn't get your letter Mom but old met the bus I to tell you son she said but now you've got to know When you left it broke his heart, died three years ago
You were my friend