Tige, you were faithful, to the end Tige, how I miss you, you were my friend
Three years of service 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 tremble to my Till old Tige come up to my bed and nudge me with his Then my fears melt away and Tige would go lie down I'd drift on to sleep without another sound
The big bus stopped and I got off it was awful and thick with fog Then something gently me and there stood Tige, my dog I wondered if my dog had met the bus each day And all the dreary nights since I'd been away
Have Tige meet me here like this I was I was glad 'Cause I hadn't Tige so much since the day they've buried dad Too long miles still lay ahead, but what I didn't A giant Dam was being where the old road used to go
I think the Lord was sending Tige and I followed he led Knowing well his help that I'd be good as dead Tige inched along this way and that going and slow And I hear the water a lappin' at the ledges far below
Then through the mist, I saw a light and 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 to him, tonight I couldn't help my tears
You say you wrote me 'bout the Dam well God was with us I didn't get your Mom but old Tige met the bus I to tell you son she said but now you've got to know When you it broke his heart, Tige died three years ago
You were my best