Tige, you faithful, faithful to the end Tige, how I miss you, you were my friend
Three years of army done and I was headin' home at last I got to thinking 'bout my dog and long gone past How old Tige pulled me from a creek I had no pulse or breath How he saved me the changin' bull that gored my dad to death
As a kid I'd dream of bears and to my toes old Tige come up to my bed and nudge me with his nose Then my fears would away and Tige would go lie down I'd drift on back to sleep without another
The big bus stopped and I got off it was awful dark and thick fog Then something gently nuzzled me and stood Tige, my dog I wondered if my dog had met the bus each day And all the dreary winter nights since I'd away
Have Tige meet me here 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 Dam was being built where the old road used to go
I think the Lord was sending Tige and I where he led Knowing well without his help that I'd be good as Tige inched along this way and that rough and slow And I could hear the water a lappin' at the ledges far
Then through the mist, I saw a light and mother in her And I reached down to pet old Tige, but he wasn't I'm thankful mom, you had old Tige these three years I owe my life to him, tonight I couldn't my tears
You say you me 'bout the Dam well God was sure with us I didn't get your 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 three years ago
You were my friend