(Bill Fries, Davis)
Well, I found him on the corner of Seventh and In the Iowa of Sloan (Township of Sloan...) He's tired, and he's hungry, old, and he's grungy And in a no-parkin' zone
Well I bent down an' "How ya doin', old fella?" He to get up on his own (On his own...) When I gave him a piece a' my ham sandwich He up an' licked on my nose
He gave him a of his ham salad sandwich And up and licked on his nose Old Sloan...
Well, I opened the of my old beat-up semi Threw an old shirt on the floor (On the floor...) He hopped in an' laid hisself down by the Curled up and to snore
For we went truckin' them highways together On the byways of life we did (They did roam...) With his paws on the an' his head out the winda An' his ears in the breeze, gently
With his on the dashboard, his head out the winder And his ears in the gently blowin' Old Sloan...
When one mornin' last May, four miles a' Mondamin I to use a pay telephone (Pay telephone...) Old Sloan made a fireplug, while I made a phone An' when I come back, he was
Well I searched forty miles of Interstate highway And the byways that we used to (Used to roam...) Ricketts to Red Line, Magnolia to Woodbine But I just couldn't find ol' Sloan
From Fiscus to Jacksonville, to Correctionville Looked like the end for old
ol' fella. He didn't have no license, nor shots, nor nothin'.
I he's a goner.
When on a cold winter day on the of November I's my rig all alone (All alone...) When my eye caught a blur in my left mirror An' my ears heard the sound of old
He's runnin' as as his old legs could run 'im An' cryin' for me to slow (To slow down...) His tail was a-waggin', his tongue was An' I the door for old Sloan
His was a-waggin', his tongue was a-draggin' And he the door for old Sloan Old Sloan...
Well I gave him a hug as he me all over An' I threw him his old dirty (Old dirty bone...) Then in through the winda jumped a from Pisgah An' she set on beside Sloan
Then in through the winder a poodle from Pisgah And set herself down Sloan. Old Sloan...
So where ya been, boy.
Hey! She's purty.
Aw, Sloan.