Tige, you were faithful, to the end Tige, how I miss you, you 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 gone How old Tige pulled me from a creek I had no pulse or breath How he saved me from the changin' bull gored my dad to death
As a kid I'd dream of bears and tremble to my Till old 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 dark and thick with fog Then something gently nuzzled me and there Tige, my dog I if my faithful dog had met the bus each day And all the dreary winter nights I'd been away
Have Tige meet me here like this I was I was really I hadn't needed Tige so much since the day they've buried dad Too long miles still lay ahead, but what I didn't A Dam was being built where the old road used to go
I think the Lord was sending Tige and I followed he led Knowing without his help that I'd be good as dead Tige inched along this way and going rough 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 down to pet old Tige, but he wasn't there I'm mom, you had old Tige these three lonely years I owe my life to him, tonight I couldn't help my
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 you son she said but now you've got to know When you left it broke his heart, Tige died years ago
You my best friend