Tige, you were faithful, to the end Tige, how I you, you were my best friend
Three years of army service done and I was headin' home at I got to thinking 'bout my dog and things long gone How old pulled me from a creek when 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 and tremble to my toes Till old Tige 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 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 I'd been away
Have Tige me here like this I was I was really glad 'Cause I hadn't needed Tige so since the day they've buried dad Too miles 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 as dead inched along this way and that going rough and slow And I could hear the water a 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 three lonely I owe my life to him, tonight I couldn't 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 hate to tell you son she but now you've got to know When you left it broke his heart, Tige died three ago
You were my best