Tige, you faithful, faithful to the end Tige, how I miss you, you my best friend
Three years of service done and I was headin' home at last I got to thinking 'bout my dog and things gone past 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 Tige come up to my bed and nudge me his nose Then my fears would melt and Tige would go lie down I'd drift on back to 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 faithful dog had met the bus day And all the dreary nights since I'd been away
Have Tige meet me here like this I was I was really 'Cause I needed 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 where the old road to go
I the Lord was sending Tige and I followed where he led Knowing without his help that I'd be good as dead Tige inched along way and that 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 mother in her And I reached down to pet old Tige, but he there I'm thankful mom, you had old Tige three lonely years I owe my to him, tonight I couldn't help my tears
You say you wrote me the Dam well God was sure with us I didn't get letter Mom but old Tige met the bus I hate to tell you son she said but now got to know When you left it broke his heart, Tige died years ago
You were my best