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Sawyer Bones
Jeremy Hurtt•
the best friend a man has ever known
Verse 1
Spring was springing and I was thinking how to spend my freedom I guessOn a weekend of drinking, prior to evening, shortly after I'd dressedI went to the shelter in April's swelter to see about a new best friendThe door was cracked on round the back, I decided I would go inThere in the kennel on top in the middle, just about the size of a pearPretty little fellow every bit as yellow as the sun running over his hairA lab I could see, unsure just like me, but he perked up at my approachThere in a second fate had beckoned my life with little Sawbones
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Sawyer BonesSawyer BonesYou are the best friend that I ever knownGrew more to love you with each day you were grownSo many good days with my ole Sawyer BonesNever be away from my ole Sawyer Bones
Verse 2
Seasons were going and I was knowing bout as pure of a pal as you'll findChanges kept changing but no rearranging how I felt bout that crazy canineHe was totally nuts, an even bigger klutz than his daddy, and brother that's rareCome freeze or boil nobody more loyal could ever be found anywhereGoodest of boys, had a thousand toys, rather play with a paper towel rollExpensive ass beds to rest his sweet head, rather sleep in a fresh-dug mudholeFast as a spark, with gunpowder farts, make you wish you could go plum smellblindNo word and no pill could get him to chill if ole Sawbones was not so inclined
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Sawyer BonesSawyer BonesYou are the best friend that I ever knownGrew more to love you with each day you were grownSo many good days with my ole Sawyer BonesNever be away from my ole Sawyer Bones
Verse 3
The cost of the show it draws to a close and mercy is left to the deadAt the age of sixteen my little machine was hobbled by bad hips and legsI saw in his face the pain had erased the hope, joy and love he could giveAnd when he stopped eating I knew we were beaten and his time was a line from a sieveLaid down once more on a cold concrete floor face-to-face with my heartSaw in his eyes he knew the goodbyes were the words of us coming apartI now wonder when I'll see him again and each night in my dreams I go seekFor a sight of my boy bounding in joy, with maybe some words he can speak
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Sawyer BonesSawyer BonesYou were the best friend that I ever knownI hope you are happy and never aloneI always will miss you my ole Sawyer BonesSo hard here without you my ole Sawyer Bones
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Sawyer BonesSawyer BonesYou were the best friend a man's ever knownNobody told me till the time had all flownHow much I could miss you my ole Sawyer BonesSo hard here without you my ole Sawyer Bones
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