Tige, you were faithful, to the end Tige, how I miss you, you my best friend
years of army service done and I was headin' home at last I got to 'bout my dog and things long gone past How old Tige pulled me from a creek 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 with his Then my fears would melt 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 Then something gently nuzzled me and there Tige, my dog I wondered if my dog had met the bus each 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 the day they've buried dad Too miles still lay ahead, but what I didn't know A giant Dam was being where the old road used to go
I think the was sending Tige and I followed where he led Knowing well without his help that I'd be good as Tige inched along this way and going rough and slow And I could hear the a lappin' at the ledges far below
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 three lonely years I owe my to him, tonight I couldn't help my tears
You say you wrote me 'bout the Dam well God was sure us I didn't get letter Mom but old Tige met the bus I hate to tell you son she said but now got to know When you left it broke his heart, Tige died three ago
You were my friend