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 gone How old Tige pulled me from a creek I had no pulse or breath How he saved me from the changin' that gored my dad to death
As a kid I'd dream of and tremble to my toes old Tige come up to my bed and nudge me with his nose Then my fears would melt away and would go lie down I'd on back to sleep without another sound
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 wondered if my faithful dog had met the bus day And all the winter nights since I'd been away
Have Tige meet me here like this I was I was really '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 built the old road used to go
I think the Lord was Tige and I followed where he led Knowing well without his help I'd be good as dead Tige inched along this way and that rough and slow And I could hear the water a at the ledges far below
Then through the mist, I saw a and mother 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, I couldn't help my tears
You say you wrote me 'bout the Dam God was sure with us I didn't get 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 years ago
You were my best