Tige, you faithful, faithful to the end Tige, how I you, you were my best friend
Three years of army service done and I was headin' at last I got to thinking 'bout my dog and things long past How old Tige pulled me a creek when I had no pulse or breath How he saved me from the changin' that gored my dad to death
As a kid I'd dream of bears and to my toes Till old Tige come up to my bed and nudge me his nose Then my fears would melt away and Tige would go lie I'd drift on to sleep without another sound
The big bus stopped and I got off it was dark and thick with fog Then something gently nuzzled me and stood Tige, my dog I if my faithful dog had met the bus each day And all the dreary winter nights since I'd away
Have Tige me here like this I was I was really glad 'Cause I hadn't needed Tige so much since the day they've 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 Tige and I followed where he led well without his help that I'd be good as dead Tige inched along this way and 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 wasn't I'm thankful mom, you had old Tige three lonely years I owe my life to him, tonight I couldn't my tears
You say you wrote me the Dam well God was sure with us I didn't get letter Mom but old Tige met the bus I to tell you son she said but now you've got to know you left it broke his heart, Tige died three years ago
You were my friend