Tige, you faithful, faithful to the end Tige, how I miss you, you were my friend
Three years of army service done and I was headin' home at I got to thinking 'bout my dog and things long past How old Tige pulled me from a creek I had no pulse or breath How he saved me from the changin' bull that 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 melt 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 dark and thick with fog Then gently nuzzled me and there stood Tige, my dog I wondered if my dog had met the bus each day And all the dreary winter since I'd been away
Tige meet me here like this I was I was really glad 'Cause I needed Tige so much since the day they've buried dad Too long miles still lay ahead, but what I know A giant Dam was built where the old road used to go
I think the Lord was sending Tige and I followed he led Knowing well without his help that I'd be good as Tige inched this way and that going rough and slow And I could the water a lappin' at the ledges far below
through the mist, I saw a light and mother in her chair And I reached down to pet old Tige, but he wasn't I'm thankful mom, you had old these three lonely years I owe my life to him, tonight I help my tears
You say you wrote me 'bout the Dam well God was with us I get your letter Mom but old Tige met the bus I to tell you son she said but now you've got to know When you left it broke his heart, died three years ago
You my best friend